Images Dated 2011

Reading Signal Works, Clock Shop, 1969

The GWR owned and operated thousands of clocks and watches. These were maintained at the GWR Reading Signal Works

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Clock, Clock Repair, Pocket Watch, Reading, Signals, Watch

Swindon Works Tunnel Entrance, 1935

A sea of men can be seen leaving the Works, probably at lunchtime. This was the main entrance tunnel for the Works. The doors were promptly closed after each call for work. Anyone late to work could not get in and have to explain themselves to the gatehouse staff

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1930s, 1935, Entrance, People, Swindon Works, Tunnel

Swindon Works Hooter Operator 1936

The hooter was a set of steam whistles that called employees into work, and signalled the end of the working day. The operator sounded the hooter by turning a wheel that released steam at high pressure, and sounded through the whistles on top of the hooter house

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1936, Employee, Hooter, Hooter House, Swindon Works, Whistle