Swindon People Gallery

Family boarding a train in the carriage sidings at Swindon, for the annual Works trip, 1932

Swindon Works closed down for two weeks every year, and the workers and their families went on a holiday known as the Trip. Complimentary trains ferried families to their destinations. In order to reduce any disruption to normal services, these trains were boarded from inside the Works or further down the line

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GWR Childrens Fete - Cake cutting team, c1900

Team of men and women cutting up 4 tons of fruit cake for the GWR Children's Fete. It is believed that the machine used to cut the cakes was designed and built at Swindon Works

Cake, Fete, Swindon