Images Dated 2018 March

Reading Station Refreshment Room c.1914

The bar in this image is crammed full of delicious treats. Cakes, biscuits and fruit sit amongst flowers and GWR crockery. A sign at the back of the room advertises Hunter and Palmers, the famous Reading biscuit maker

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Bar, Cafe, Reading, Reading Station, Refreshment Room, Restaurant, Station

Swindon Junction Station Refreshment Room, 1929

A formal set up is seen here inside the Swindon Junction refreshment rooms. The walls are adorned with GWR publicity images of tourist destinations on the network, an appealing view for passengers off on their holidays

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Cafe, Chairs, Refreshment Rooms, Restaurant, Station, Swindon, Swindon Station, Table