Village Gallery
Available as Prints and Gift Items
Choose from 78 pictures in our Village collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. All professionally made for Quick Shipping.
Featured Print
Mechanics Institute, 1933
This view of the Mechanics Institute shows the entrance to The Playhouse Theatre. The fly tower for the theatre can be seen in the centre of the building. This was built when a fire destroyed the old stage in December 1930.
The Institute provided a library, theatre and games rooms for GWR employees and their families. It was built in 1854 and stood in the heart of the Railway Village
© STEAM Picture Library 2007 - All Rights Reserved
Featured Print
Luxulyan Village, Cornwall, August 1928
A GWR publicity view of the village of Luxulyan near St Austell in Cornwall taken in August 1928.
This image shows the tower of the Luxulyan St Cyriacus & St Julitta Church, and a number of cottages in the village. Luxulyan lies in the wooded Luxulyan Valley; an important industrial area in the 19th century with many of the structures associated with the River Par and the nearby china clay deposits, including the Treffry Aqueduct still visible today
© STEAM Museum of the GWR
Featured Print
La Greve de Lecq, Jersey, June 1925
A GWR publicity view of La Greve de Lecq on the northern coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands, June 1925. This image shows the village and the beach. The fortification tower in the middle left of the image is now part of a tourist attraction telling the story of the occupation of Jersey in World War II
© STEAM Museum of the GWR
