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

The River Thames at Whitchurch, near Pangbourne, c1890

A view taken across the Mill Pond from the toll bridge in Whitchurch on Thames. Red brick cottages sit on the water's edge, next to the old mill, just out of shot to the left. The tower of St Mary's church can be seen in the centre of the image. This photo was produced by Photochrom and was used as a carriage print by the Great Western Railway in the late 1800s

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Chester, Cheshire, 1940s

A GWR Publicity view of the River Dee at Chester, Cheshire, in the late 1940s. People are sitting on the benches and strolling along The Groves beside the banks of the river. There are boats moored up on the water's edge, and a kiosk and the Queen's Park Bridge can be seen in the distance

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1940s, Boat, Bridge, Cheshire, Chester, Kiosk, Queens Park Bridge, River, River Dee, Summer, The Groves