GWR Scenic Views Gallery

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

Cheap Street, Frome, August 1929

A busy view looking north west up the picturesque Cheap Street. The original street dates from the 1500s and still retains its historical charm. The building on the left is the Flora Cafe, with other cafes, bookshops and grooming salons lining the street

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1920s, 1929, Cafes, Cheap Street, Frome, Pedestrians, Shopping, Shops, Somerset, Street

Lyme Regis, August 1936

Hundreds of holidaymakers are enjoying the shingle beach at Lyme Regis. The beach is lined full of huts. In the distance a stretch of coastline known as the Spittle can be seen. It is part of the Jurassic Coast and rich in fossils. The famous fossil hunter, Mary Anning, found an ichthyosaur in the Spittles in the early 1800s