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Back yard of No 34 Faringdon Road - present dayNo 34 was built in 1846 and is now the Railway Village Museum
No 34 Faringdon Road - present dayNo 34 Faringdon Road was built in 1846 and is now the Railway Village Museum
Men leaving Swindon Works, Rodbourne Road entrance, 1928Hoards of men leaving Swindon Works, Rodbourne Road entrance, 1928. The pattern shop is in the background and an omnibus with Arkells advertising on it
New Swindon, c1860This early view of Swindon looking north shows the Works and the Railway Village in their infancy. St Marks Church can clearly be seen just behind the newly laid out park
London Street, c. 1950London Street, c.1950
Bathampton Street, c. 1970sView looking towards the GWR Park
Swindon Works Trip, 1931GWR families from Swindon wait in line to board the trains for Trip week. Destinations included Weymouth, Weston Super Mare and Cornwall
Swindon Engineering Society offices in Emlyn Square, 1929The offices were on the corner of Emlyn Square and Oxford Street. W J Knees the newsagent can be seen to the left of the image
Church Place, Swindon, 1927This house belonged to C B Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer at Swindon. He was a very private man, hence the high privet hedge surrounding the cottage
Managers Houses (l-r, Marlow House and Station House) c1910These managers residences or villas were built to the north of Swindon Station. Similar houses had once stood adjacent to the Railway Village but were demolished in the 1870s
W J Knee, Newsagent - Emlyn Square 1929W J Knee the Newsagent was located at the corner of Emlyn Square and London Street
Swindon Works Trip, c1910GWR families from Swindon wait in line to board the trains for Trip week. Destinations included Weymouth, Weston Super Mare and Cornwall
Men leaving Swindon Works, Rodbourne Road entrance, c. 1910Men leaving Swindon Works, Rodbourne Road entrance, c.1910
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
Back ally of Faringdon Road cottages - present dayThis row of cottages was built in 1846. The cottage in the foreground is No. 34 - now the Railway Village Museum
Faringdon Road cottages - present dayThis row of cottages was built in 1846. The cottage in the foreground is No. 34 - now the Railway Village Museum
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