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    8 HOURS MINERS ACT

    The usual half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Railway at Paddington on Friday 10th February 1911 (presided over by Viscount Churchill) had unusual interest for dwellers in West Cornwall, inasmuch as it dealt with the decision of the Board to spent £30,000 improvements at Penzance between...
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    GWR Carrier

    GWR (Great Western Railway, or God's Wonderful Railway); Express Cartage Sevices, which did the rounds here. My aunt's cousin Harold gave her this card dated 28th September 1926. Bit of a bumpy ride on those tyres. No good having a heated cabin, either, no cabin. Crank handle start, bulb horn...
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