Images Dated 2014 November

No 12 shop, Carpenters Shop, 1934

An exterior view of the Carpenter's Shop. This workshop was situated adjacent to Station Road, next to one of the Works underpasses. The Carpenter's Shop also had its own subway allowing workers to avoid the complex array of railway tracks outside the building

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1930s, 1934, Carpenters Shop, Carriage Works, Swindon Works, Workshop

Making artificial limbs, No 9 Shop, 1953

The skilled craftsmen of the Carriage and Wagon Works didn't just make rolling stock, they also made artificial limbs made from wood. If a member of staff had an accident at work and a limb, hand or foot was lost then a new one would be made for them

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1950s, 1953, Artificial Limbs, Carriage Works, No 9 Shop, Prostetic, Swindon Works, Wooden Limbs