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Female Clerks at Swindon Works, 1916A group shot of female clerks taken in May 1916. This group are from the Accounts Office at Swindon Works and were managed by Mr Kelynack, the Clerk in Charge
Female worker servicing a Thorncroft lorry at Slough Road Motor Department, 1944During the Second World War women were given jobs normally assigned to men. At the GWR Road Motor Depot at Slough this involved car and lorry maintenance and repair
Interior view of Camp Coach showing a close up view of dining room, 1935
Interior of Camp Coach showing dining room, 1935
Female swimmers at the GWR Medical Fund Society small swimming baths (Milton Rd), c1900
Paddington Mint Stables, London, c. 1920sA image of female workers tending to the GWRs company horses at the Paddington Mint Stables, London, c.1920s. Three women are posing with a dray horse each
Swindon Works War Work, 23rd January 1942Female workers sorting 25 PDR shells. Work issued by the Ministry of Supply
Female Ticket Collector, c. 1918A lone female ticket inspector stands inside an unidentified station punching a hole in the ticket she is checking. As the war progressed and more and more men went to fight
Female telegraph operator, 1910A female operator can be seen here working the switchboard at the Paddington Telegraph Office in 1910. Prior to this date the Great Western Railway had been slow to employ women in their telegraph
Female track maintenance workers during WW2
Women working on a locomotive boiler in Swindon Work during WW2
BR First Class Carriage, c1960sComfort in the era of diesel
GWR First Class Sleeper Car, 1946A female passenger is having her morning tea delivered to her in one of the GWRs first class sleeping car compartments. The attentant delivering the tea stayed in the carriage
GWR Buffet Car, c1930s
Stage production at the Mechanics InstituteThe cast of the stage production A Trip to Juja posing in front of the stage of the Mechanics Institute Theatre
Buffet Car No 9631, c1934GWR Publicity photograph Built 1934 to diagram H41. Currently on display at STEAM Museum of the GWR, Swindon
Medical Fund Hospital staff and patients, c1890The Medical Fund Hospital was established in 1871. It opened due to a increase in the size of Swindon Works and the number of accidents occuring
No 9 Shop, Sewing Room, 1930This busy scene from 1930 shows about 30 women in the female sewing room. On the left a row of women work on sewing machines
V Shop, 1951Female member of staff drilling boiler from inside
Soldiers and Sailors Buffet at Paddington Station, 1919A shot capturing the last servicemen to be offered refreshments at the Soldiers and Sailors Free Buffet at Paddington Station on 28th June 1919
Paddington Telephone Exchange, London, 1906An image of a female operator connecting callers to the railway system at Paddingtons Telephone Exchange, London, 1906
Office Staff at Paddington Station, c. 1920sThis image of an unknown office at Paddington Station was probably taken in the 1920s. It shows a number of women at work at desks and some are using typewriters at tables
Women war workers making ammunition shells in 24F Shop, 1943These women have been tasked with the pressing on of copper bands and insertion of base plates for 25-pounder quick firing, high explosive, streamline shells
Female stewardess, 1917A Dining Car Waitress in her crisp white apron stands in the doorway of dining car No. 9546 on Platform 2, Paddington Station in 1917
Women war workers stamping ammunition shells in B Shop, 1942
Swindon Works war work, 22nd January 1942Female worker machining a 25 PDR shell. Work issued by Ministry of Supply
Swindon Works War Work, 26th June 1942A female worker varnishing the inside of a 9.2" shell. This work was issued by the Ministry of Supply
GWR Childrens Fete - Cake cutting team, c1900Team of men and women cutting up 4 tons of fruit cake for the GWR Childrens Fete. It is believed that the machine used to cut the cakes was designed and built at Swindon Works
Female employees working in the Permanant Way Department during WW2
Female Ticket Collector at Paddington Station during WW2An official photograph of a ticket inspector at Paddington Station checking the ticket of a passenger on-board an outbound train in 1943
Railway Queen Mabel Kitson on King George V at Swindon, 1928Railway Queen Mabel Kitson, photographed on the running board of GWR locomotive King George V, at Swindon Works in 1928. Mabel became Railway Queen in 1927, aged 15
Audrey Mosson, Railway Queen 1935 - 1936Railway Queen Audrey Mosson photographed at her crowning ceremony at Belle Vue, Manchester on 7th September 1935. Audrey was the 10th Railway Queen
Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson, with her attendants 1927The second Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson, photographed at her crowning ceremony, at the Railway Carnival in Manchester, on 24th September 1927. She is surrounded by her attendants
Mabel Kitson, Railway Queen 1927-1928The second Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson, pictured on the deck of the French steamship, Lorrain, as she heads to France on her peace mission in August 1928
Former Railway Queen, Mabel KitsonFormer Railway Queen Mabel Kitson is pictured here in October 1971 with King Class locomotive, King George V. She was in Hereford for the H.P Bulmer's return to steam tour
Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson, June 1928In 1927 15 year old Mabel Kitson became the Railway Queen. She represented all of the railway companies in Britain. Her father worked for the GWR as a signalman
Mabel Kitson, Railway Queen 1927-1928Mabel and her mother, Mrs Nellie Kitson, waiting at Tilbury Docks for their departure to France for Mabel's peace mission in August 1928. Mabel was just 15 years old when she became Railway Queen