Images Dated 2020 June

Chester, Cheshire, 1940s

A GWR Publicity view of the River Dee at Chester, Cheshire, in the late 1940s. People are sitting on the benches and strolling along The Groves beside the banks of the river. There are boats moored up on the water's edge, and a kiosk and the Queen's Park Bridge can be seen in the distance

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1940s, Boat, Bridge, Cheshire, Chester, Kiosk, Queens Park Bridge, River, River Dee, Summer, The Groves

Allerford, Somerset, September 1934

A GWR Publicity view of the village of Allerford in Somerset, September 1934. Allerford is located near the coast in Exmoor National Park, between Porlock and Minehead. A man on a horse is riding up towards the A39 road - behind him is the Allerford stone packhorse bridge over the River Aller. The West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School lies just around the corner

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Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, 1935

A GWR Publicity view of the ruins at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire in 1935. Kenilworth Castle was first established in the 1120s and over the centuries was built up and fortified by various kings, queens and nobles. In 1563 Elizabeth I gave the castle to Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. He famously turned it into a palace where he entertained the queen in grand apartments

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