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Poster Print > STEAM Museum of the GWR > People > Women

Women Poster Print Collection (#2)

76 Poster Prints

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Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Swindon Works employees welding superheaters for locomotive boilers, 1942

Swindon Works employees welding superheaters for locomotive boilers, 1942
A group of female employees are welding the superheaters for locomotive boilers in P1 Shop. As rail operation was essential to the war effort

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female employees at Swindon Works making lamps, c. 1940

Female employees at Swindon Works making lamps, c. 1940
A larger group of female employees have been photographed here engaged in the making of lamps at Swindon Works. The tin lamp bodies

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Railway carriage converted to an ambulance ward car, c1939

Railway carriage converted to an ambulance ward car, c1939
This internal view of an ambulance ward car gives a clear image of both the ingenuity used in converting rolling stock for medical use, but also the cramped conditions endured within these vehicles

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Shell production for World War 2 in 24F shop at Swindon Works, 1942

Shell production for World War 2 in 24F shop at Swindon Works, 1942
An image of the shell production line in 24F Shop showing view of the workshop space for shell inspection during World War 2

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: War time work in Q Shop at Swindon Works, 1942

War time work in Q Shop at Swindon Works, 1942
This image was taken in March 1942 and shows four women operating a large pressing machine in Q Shop. The women are making 4.5inch copper bands for ammunition shells

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Production line for wartime shells in No. 24 Shop, Swindon Works, 1942

Production line for wartime shells in No. 24 Shop, Swindon Works, 1942
No.24 Shop, on the Carriage and Wagon side of Swindon Works was fitted out with two production lines for 25-pounder shells

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female rivet hotter, A Shop, c. 1940

Female rivet hotter, A Shop, c. 1940
During the Second World War Swindon Works employed women in both the workshops and offices. Here a female employee is helping her male colleague with riveting

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female permanent way workers, c1940

Female permanent way workers, c1940
During the Second World War women were employed in various different roles within the GWR. The women here fixing track chairs to wooden sleepers as part of their role within the permanent way

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Women workers at the Road Motor Department, Slough, March 1944

Women workers at the Road Motor Department, Slough, March 1944
During the Second World War women were given jobs normally assigned to men. At the GWR Road Motor Depot at Slough this involved car maintenance and repair

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: No 9 Shop, Sewing Room, 1966

No 9 Shop, Sewing Room, 1966
This view of the sewing room was taken in 1966. It shows several women sewing large pieces of fabric, possibly sheeting for wagons

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female worker servicing a Thorncroft lorry at Slough Road Motor Department, 1944

Female worker servicing a Thorncroft lorry at Slough Road Motor Department, 1944
During 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female swimmers at the GWR Medical Fund Society small swimming baths (Milton Rd), c1900

Female swimmers at the GWR Medical Fund Society small swimming baths (Milton Rd), c1900

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Paddington Mint Stables, London, c. 1920s

Paddington Mint Stables, London, c. 1920s
A 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Swindon Works War Work, 23rd January 1942

Swindon Works War Work, 23rd January 1942
Female workers sorting 25 PDR shells. Work issued by the Ministry of Supply

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: BR First Class Carriage, c1960s

BR First Class Carriage, c1960s
Comfort in the era of diesel

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: No 9 Shop, Sewing Room, 1930

No 9 Shop, Sewing Room, 1930
This busy scene from 1930 shows about 30 women in the female sewing room. On the left a row of women work on sewing machines

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: V Shop, 1951

V Shop, 1951
Female member of staff drilling boiler from inside

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Office Staff at Paddington Station, c. 1920s

Office Staff at Paddington Station, c. 1920s
This 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female Clerks at Swindon Works, 1916

Female Clerks at Swindon Works, 1916
A 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Interior of Camp Coach showing dining room, 1935

Interior of Camp Coach showing dining room, 1935

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Swindon Works war work, 22nd January 1942

Swindon Works war work, 22nd January 1942
Female worker machining a 25 PDR shell. Work issued by Ministry of Supply

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female Ticket Collector, c. 1918

Female Ticket Collector, c. 1918
A 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female track maintenance workers during WW2

Female track maintenance workers during WW2

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female employees working in the Permanant Way Department during WW2

Female employees working in the Permanant Way Department during WW2

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Women working on a locomotive boiler in Swindon Work during WW2

Women working on a locomotive boiler in Swindon Work during WW2

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Women war workers stamping ammunition shells in B Shop, 1942

Women war workers stamping ammunition shells in B Shop, 1942

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Swindon Works War Work, 26th June 1942

Swindon Works War Work, 26th June 1942
A female worker varnishing the inside of a 9.2" shell. This work was issued by the Ministry of Supply

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Female Ticket Collector at Paddington Station during WW2

Female Ticket Collector at Paddington Station during WW2
An official photograph of a ticket inspector at Paddington Station checking the ticket of a passenger on-board an outbound train in 1943

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Railway Queen Mabel Kitson on King George V at Swindon, 1928

Railway Queen Mabel Kitson on King George V at Swindon, 1928
Railway 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Audrey Mosson, Railway Queen 1935 - 1936

Audrey Mosson, Railway Queen 1935 - 1936
Railway Queen Audrey Mosson photographed at her crowning ceremony at Belle Vue, Manchester on 7th September 1935. Audrey was the 10th Railway Queen

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson, with her attendants 1927

Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson, with her attendants 1927
The 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Mabel Kitson, Railway Queen 1927-1928

Mabel Kitson, Railway Queen 1927-1928
The 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Former Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson

Former Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson
Former 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson, June 1928

Railway Queen, Mabel Kitson, June 1928
In 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

Background imageWomen Poster Print Collection: Mabel Kitson, Railway Queen 1927-1928

Mabel Kitson, Railway Queen 1927-1928
Mabel 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




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