The Great Western Railway in the First World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Western Railway in the First World War write by Sandra Gittins. This book was released on 2010-08-16. The Great Western Railway in the First World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home. Not since 1922 has the history of the GWR in the First World War been recorded in a single volume. Using modern data-bases and enjoying greater access to archives, Sandra Gittins has been able to produce a complete history which traces the GWR from the early, optimistic days through the subsequent difficult years of the Great War, including Government demands for war manufacture, increased traffic and the tragic loss of staff. From GWR ships and ambulance trains to the employment of women, every part of the story is told, including the saddest of all, which is represented by a Roll of Honour.
Great Western Railway Stations
Great Western Railway Stations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great Western Railway Stations write by Allen Jackson. This book was released on 2017-04-15. Great Western Railway Stations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A lavishly illustrated survey of a wide range of GWR stations.
A History of the Great Western Railway
A History of the Great Western Railway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Great Western Railway write by Colin Maggs. This book was released on 2013-09-15. A History of the Great Western Railway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.
The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway
The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway write by Rosa Matheson. This book was released on 2011-10-24. The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 that 'the first aim of women's existence is marriage, that accomplished, the next is ordering her home'. Yet women were the cheapest form of labour, apart from young girls, presenting the company with a dilemma and the GWR finally succumbed to allowing women to work after heavy external pressures. Using over 100 pictures, Swindon author Rosa Matheson traces the development of this problematic relationship, from its beginnings in the 1870s when women were employed as sewers and netters at Swindon Works, through the changes wrought by the two world wars and the entry of women into railway offices - fiercely opposed by the company and by the unions and many men who resented sharing the lowly paid but prestigious title of 'clerk' with women. The book also uses many original documents and forms as well as written and oral testimonies providing first-hand insights into the women's experiences.
Through the Window
Through the Window - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Through the Window write by Edwa Allhusen. This book was released on 2008-06-03. Through the Window available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book was first published by The Great Western Railway in 1924 to enhance the enjoyment of their passengers on the 305 mile journey from Paddington to Penzance. Maps, line drawings and information about the towns and villages describe the glorious countryside of southern England that could be seen from the windows of The Cornish Riviera Express. This new edition includes 20 pages from Bradshaw's Railway timetables at the time this book was first published. Do you yearn for the days when train journeys were a pleasure? The creaking timbers of the carriages; the aroma of steam and smoke; the rattle and clank of points and the sudden sound of the whistle as you pass an unmanned crossing? This was when the sedate pace of the train, with windows held open by a thick leather strap, allowed time to watch the world go by. How much more you could see in those days! This book was published by The GWR to help their customers enjoy the experience. Each spread has a map and exquisite line drawings describing about six miles of the journey with charming descriptions of the 'long swift journey from London to Land's End that has about it a certain savour of romance, a spice of adventure, which no amount of familiarity of railway travelling can destroy'. We read of 'The Grand Junction Canal with bridges, barges and ducks all doing their best to make it picturesque'; crossing the Thames by the widest brick spanned bridge in the world and seeing the river crowded with punts and rowing boats; hurrying through Royal Berkshire where The River Kennet 'serpentines through a landscape too flat to offer any resistance to its whims and fancies'. Across 'the forbidding expanse of Salisbury Plain', beside The White Horse of Westbury and over the flat lands of Sedgemoor. A glimpse of Exeter Cathedral and the first sight of the sea! On beneath the rugged hills of Dartmoor to the 'tangled forest of shipping in Plymouth Sound'. Over Brunel's 'vast piece of imagination' the Royal Albert Bridge into Cornwall with palms on the platforms and viaducts over wooded valleys. Sandy beaches, rocky headlands and majestic St. Michael's Mount arriving at Penzance in time for tea. This beautifully written book describes more than a wonderful railway journey for it allows us a peep at the great swathe of southern Britain that was so well served by The Great Western Railway.
