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The GWR Handbook
Language: en
Pages: 343
Authors: David Wragg
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-01 - Publisher: The History Press

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For many the GWR was synonymous with holidays by the sea in the West Country, but it was built to serve as a fast railway line to London, especially for the mer
Wartime GWR
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Elaine Arthurs
Categories: World War, 1939-1945
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-18 - Publisher:

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This title presents a collection of photographs illustrating the human and operational cost of two world wars on the Great Western Railway taken from the archiv
The Great Western Railway in the First World War
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Sandra Gittins
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-16 - Publisher: The History Press

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In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measu
Female Railway Workers in World War II
Language: en
Pages: 215
Authors: Susan Major
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

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During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females. They worked as porters and guards, on the permanent way, and in maintenanc
The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway
Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Rosa Matheson
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-24 - Publisher: The History Press

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The Great Western Railway struggled with what was called 'the women question' for many years. It had heartily agreed with The Railway Sheet and Official Gazette