Swindon People Gallery
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Family boarding a train in the carriage sidings at Swindon, for the annual Works trip, 1932
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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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Swimmers from the GWR Medical Fund Society swimming baths (situated within the Works), c1880s
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Female swimmers at the GWR Medical Fund Society small swimming baths (Milton Rd), c1900
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Crowds at the Evening Star naming ceremony, 18th March 1960
Crowds at the naming ceremony for Evening Star at Swindon Works in 1960. Evening Star was the last mainline British Railways steam locomotive to be built in Britain at Swindon Works
1960, 92220, Crowds, Evening Star, Naming Ceremony, Staff, Swindon Works