Village Gallery

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

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Chalford, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, June 1937

A GWR Publicity view of Chalford, in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, June 1937. With the distinctive pattern of settlements in the Frome Valley, this large village near Stroud is filled with whitewashed cottages and small mill buildings that provided the area with a thriving cloth industry

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1930s, 1937, Chalford, Cotswolds, Cottage, Frome Valley, Gloucestershire, June, Mill, Publicity, Spring, Stroud, Summer, Village

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

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