Images Dated 2007 April

Swindon Town Station, c.1960

This station was originally on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway and was situated in Swindon's Old Town. Seen here with a BR Southern Region locomotive.
The station opened in 1881 and closed to passengers in 1961

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1960, Mindland And South Western Junction, Old Town, Southern, Station, Swindon, Wiltshire

Wartime ambulance carriage in No 19 (C) Shop, 1915

This image shows carriage No. 9024, an ex-invalid coach, suspended in the Carriage Lifting Shop at Swindon Works. The date is March 1915 and the carriage is being converted into a military ambulance train for service in the First World War. A red cross can be seen on the side of the vehicle and another cross would have been painted on the roof. It is also noted that the carriage is fitted with a Westinghouse brake system, in addition to a vacuum brake. This was an essential fitting and allowed the carriage to run over any railway in the country

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Boarded up shop/pub - Emlyn Square 1929

This boarded up residence on the corner of Emlyn Square and Oxford Street would have probably housed a pub or shop at one point. W J Knees the newsagent can be seen to the left of the image

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Emlyn Square, Oxford Street, Railway Village