Images Dated 2008

King George V hauling an express train

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6000, King

Female Ticket Collector, c.1918

A lone female ticket inspector stands inside an unidentified station punching a hole in the ticket she is checking. As the war progressed and more and more men went to fight, the range of jobs women were offered grew more varied and challenging. Many women relished the opportunities being offered to them and not only excelled in the new roles that they were undertaking, but found it difficult to return to their former way of life once the war had ended and they had to relinquish the positions they held to the men returning home

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View of Swindon Station, 1895

This image was taken to mark the occasion of the abolition of the ten minute stop at Swindon. It was the first non-stop express through the station. Since 1840 all trains to and from Bristol had to stop at Swindon to allow passengers to take refreshments

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1890s, 1895, Express, Junction, Station, Swindon, Wiltshire