Swindon Collection (page 4)

Swimmers from the GWR Medical Fund Society swimming baths (situated within the Works), c1880s

Female swimmers at the GWR Medical Fund Society small swimming baths (Milton Rd), c1900

Swindon Works, J Shop (Iron Foundry) Football Club, 1930-1931

Saddletank No 1365
0-6-0, 1361 class. Seen here with Driver Bill Platt and Fireman Chester Humphries at Swindon Works

Passengers waiting on Platform 5, c. 1920s
The image is marked " First Arrivals" suggesting the passengers are awaiting a special train for a specific occasion

Swindon Junction Station, Platform 3, 28th January 1970
A view of Platform 3 at Swindon Junction Station in Wiltshire, taken on 28th January 1970, showing bags of mail in cages ready to be transported at the far end of the platform

Swindon Junction, Platform 3, 28th January 1970
A view of Platform 3 at Swindon Junction Station in Wiltshire, taken on 28th January 1970, showing bags of mail in cages ready to be transported

Drawing Office Staff, 1899
Back Row - 2nd left (Mr A E Leader) Seated - centre (Mr F W Hawksworth)

North Star in A Shop, Swindon Works, 1953
2-2-2 broad gauge locomotive stands on a plinth in A Shop. A pair of driving wheels belonging to Lord of the Isles can be seen in the foreground

Apprentice Training School Main Entrance, Dean Street

Apprentice Training School Display, c1964
The Apprentice Training School was based in Dean Street, Swindon

Apprentice Training School, Machine Shop, c1963
The Apprentice Traing School was based at Dean Street, Swindon

Mechanics Institute c. 1914
An external view of the Mechanics Institute in 1914

Mechanics Institute Library Entrance c. 1930s
Mechanics Institute Library Entrance c.1930s

Swindon Engineering Society offices in Emlyn Square, 1929
The offices were on the corner of Emlyn Square and Oxford Street. W J Knees the newsagent can be seen to the left of the image

Church Place, Swindon, 1927
This house belonged to C B Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer at Swindon. He was a very private man, hence the high privet hedge surrounding the cottage

Mechanics Institute, c1891
This view of the Mechanics Institute shows the now demolished octagonal covered market. The Institute provided a library, theatre and games rooms for GWR employees and their families

Mechanics Institute Reference Library, 1931
The Library was an important part of the Mechanics Institute. It provided the local community with a wide range of fiction and non-fiction publications

Mechanics Institute Reading Room, c1930s
This Reading Room was located in the new 1891-93 extension. It provided daily newspapers and journals to read on site. The Institute provided a library

Mechanics Institute, 1938
This view of the Mechanics Institute shows the extension of 1891-93. The fly tower belonging to the theatre can clearly be seen. This was built when a fire destroyed the old stage in December 1930

Mechanics Institute, c1910
This view of the Mechanics Institute shows the extension of 1891-93. The Institute provided a library, theatre and games rooms for GWR employees and their families

Mechanics Institute, c1880s
This view shows the orignal Mechanics Institute building. Built in a gothic style the Institute would have been an imposing building in the Railway Village

Medical Fund Dispensary Waiting Room, Milton Road, 1920
Note the male and female segregation in this image. The Medical Fund Society in Milton Road housed swimming baths, Turkish and Russian Baths, a dispensary and a dentist. It was built in 1892

Medical Fund Dispensary, 1907
This large dispensary was sitauted on theground floor of the Milton Road building. The prescriptions were handed out through hatches to people in the waiting rooms adjacent

Medical Fund Hospital Staff and Patients, c1880
The Medical Fund Hospital was established in 1871

Small Swimming Bath, c1905
These baths were situated in the Medical Fund Society at Milton Road. The small bath, used mainly by women and children, was adjacent to the large bath

Medical Fund Society, Milton Road, c1910
The Medical Fund Society in Milton Road housed swimming baths, Turkish and Russian Baths, a dispensary and a dentist. It was built in 1892

Construction of Medical Fund Society, Milton Road, c1891
The Medical Fund Society in Milton Road housed swimming baths, Turkish and Russian Baths, a dispensary and a dentist. It was finally completed in 1892

No 14 Shop, Smiths Shop, 1907
A view inside the rather gloomy Smiths Shop on the Carriage and Wagon side of Swindon Works. A row of forges can be seen along the left hand side ready for heating up metal

Carriage Body Shop, c1880
This carriage body shop stood in what was to become the No 2 Shop Sawmill. The carriage body shop eventually moved next door. The wooden aspect of the coaches were assembled here

No 2 Shop, Sawmill, 1907
Lengths of cut timber can be seen awaiting processing in No.2 Shop, Sawmill. This sawmill was situated adjacent to Bristol Street in the Railway Village

View of Swindon Works, c1980s
This photograph was taken from St Marks Church and shows J Shop (Iron Foundry) to the left and R Shop in the centre. R Shop is now houses STEAM Museum of the GWR

V shop, 1962
Boiler number 6425 undergoing work

Construction of new crossings shop, 1956

X Shop, 1908
Permanent way fittings for Llanelli district

V Shop, 1951
Female member of staff drilling boiler from inside

V Shop, 1943
Female worker drilling crown plate of boiler firebox. During World War 2 female staff were employed at Swindon Works to replace the men who had been enlisted

V Shop, 1954
General view of the boiler shop

V Shop, 1945
Rivetting a firebox

T Shop - Brass Finishers, 1954

F Shop - Spring Shop, 1931

O Shop - Tool Room
This images reveals the machinary used for fitting and turning

J2 Shop - Chair Foundry, 1930
This area of J Shop was desinated to making track chairs

F Shop - Blacksmiths Shop
This early image shows the furnaces and drop hammers of the blacksmiths shop

F Shop - Blacksmiths Shop, 1936
This image is probably as posed photograph because there appears to be too many men working the metal!

B Shed - extension, March 1930
Construction of the B Shed extension on the site of Brunels old engine shed

B Shed - extension, c1931
Newly completed B Shed extension. Now part of STEAM Museum of the Great Western Railway

B Shed - extension, c1930
Construction of B Shed extension on the site of Brunels old engine shed

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