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GWR Mechanics Institute Gallery

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Choose from 17 pictures in our GWR Mechanics Institute collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. Popular choices include Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Posters and Jigsaw Puzzles. All professionally made for quick delivery.

Stage production at the Mechanics' Institute

Fashion Show in the Mechanics Institute c.1920s

Swindon Mechanics Institute Pantomime poster, February 1860

Mechanics Institute Reading Room, c1930s

Mechanics' Institute Library Entrance c.1930s

Featured GWR Mechanics Institute Print

Mechanics Institute, 1933

This view of the Mechanics Institute shows the entrance to The Playhouse Theatre. The fly tower for the theatre can be seen in the centre of the building. This was built when a fire destroyed the old stage in December 1930.

The Institute provided a library, theatre and games rooms for GWR employees and their families. It was built in 1854 and stood in the heart of the Railway Village

Mechanics Institute Reference Library, 1931