The following books that are related to the GWR or its area of operation are available. ONE copy of each. Click on the title and you will be taken to the ordering page.
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Comprehensive story of GWR advertising and publicity.
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The Steam Shed at Didcot, now the HQ of the Great Western Society is a perfect setting for night time photography.
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The Severn is one of Britain’s great rivers. It has remained a powerful force of nature despite all our efforts to domesticate it and it demands public resources and millions of pounds worth of flood defences to contain. The Severn has also been a prominent factor in the nation’s history and has a rich heritage that remains under-appreciated. It was on an island in the Severn in 1016 that Cnut and Edmund settled their competing claims to the throne of England, and it was at the Severn that the English formally recognised Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as the Prince of Wales
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Swindon was just a small town when Brunel chose it to be the hub of GWR engineering. This book charts the development of both the GWR and the town of Swindon.
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This second volume opens at a time when the Great Western was pre-eminent. Traces the story of how Swindon came to be eclipsed by other design centres, yet nearly 20 years later staged a remarkable come-back.
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A volume of previously unpublished photos show the diverse workings and traction that have passed through the county, from the days of British Rail to the privatised railway of today
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