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Card typed 'Paddington-Reading-Didcot-Bristol Section G W Rly [Great Western Railway]...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/476/31

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This record is about the Card typed 'Paddington-Reading-Didcot-Bristol Section G W Rly [Great Western Railway]... dating from 1875-1939 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/476/31
Date
1875-1939
Description

Card typed 'Paddington-Reading-Didcot-Bristol Section G W Rly [Great Western Railway] (except Swindon and Bristol)' on rear of items 29 and 30, pencilled '26', two envelopes attached. Upper envelope typed 'and to Bath', contains:

1) Cutting from [Great Western Railway Magazine]: photograph of a train about to enter the west portal of Twerton Tunnel, near Bath. Photo by H M Madgwick [c.1930 - 1939].

2) Photographic postcard, 8cm 12cm, 'Vandyke's picture of the old drawbidge, Bristol. Date 1755' by Fred Little.

3) Photographic postcard, 8cm x 12cm, 'Old Bristol Harbour' by Fred Little. [Shows sailing vessels]. [Original picture c.1875].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Non record material
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17156647/

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ZSPC 11

W E Hayward Collection

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