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

Par Cliffs, Cornwall, May 1949

A GWR publicity view of the cliffs at Par Sands, Cornwall, May 1949. Par Beach lies on the Cornish Riviera by the fishing port of Par which became an important industrial town in the 19th century for its significant china clay deposits

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1940s, 1949, Beach, Cliff, Coast, Coastal, Cornish Riviera, Cornwall, May, Par, Par Beach, Par Sands, Sand, Spring

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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