GWR Scenic Views Gallery

Weymouth, August 1929

Holidaymakers on the beach at Weymouth in the 1929. There are white beach tents and deckchairs, with people sunbathing and playing games nearby

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1920s, 1929, Beach, Beach Huts, Deckchairs, Dorset, Holiday, Holidaymakers, Publicity, Sand, Summer, Tourism, Weymouth

Rosewall Hill & Logan Rock, St Ives, June 1946

A GWR publicity view of Rosewall Hill & Logan Rock near St Ives in Cornwall. This image was taken in June 1946 to publicise rambling using the GWR network along the Cornish Riviera

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1940s, 1946, Cornwall, June, Logan Rock, Ramble, Rambling, Rocks, Rosewall Hill, St Ives, Summer

Knill's Monument, St Ives, c.1923

A GWR publicity view of Knill's Monument in Cornwall, c.1923.
The monument overlooks St Ives and was constructed in 1782 in memory of mayor John Knill. It was designed by architect John Wood, who was responsible for the Royal Crescent in Bath, and is now a Grade II listed monument

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1920s, 1923, Cornwall, John Knill, John Wood, Knill S Monument, Monument, St Ives