Images Dated

Swindon Works Map, c.1940s

Swindon Works Map, c.1940s, showing the growth of the GWR Works in Swindon between 1846 and the 1940s. The sheer volume of workshops and sidings can be seen in fascinating detail

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1800s, 1840s, 1846, 1900s, 1940s, Factory, Map, Plan, Railway, Sidings, Swindon Works, Vintage, Wiltshire, Workshops

Eastgate Street, Chester, c1890s

This image comes from a Photochrom carriage print used by the Great Western Railway in the late 1800s. The picture shows a view of the historic timber-frame buildings in the centre of Chester, along Eastgate Street

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1890s, 19th Century, Architecture, Carriage Print, Cheshire, Chester, Eastgate Street, Photochrom, Publicity, The Rows, Timber Frame, Victorian

The Seafront at Sidmouth, Devon, August 1931

A GWR publicity view of the seafront at Sidmouth in South Devon, taken in August 1931. This image shows the many groynes going out to sea and holidaymakers on the shingle beach enjoying themselves, with the town behind them. Salcombe Hill and cliffs of the coastline are in the distance

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1930s, 1931, August, Beach, Cliff, Coast, Coastal, Devon, Groynes, Holidaymaker, Promenade, Salcombe Hill, Sea, Seafront, Shingle, Shore, Shoreline, Sidmouth, South Devon, Summer