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Requiem for a Railway - A Job for Life

the Spirit of the Great Western

part of a trilogy of films about the Great Western Railway Works at Swindon, legendary home for a 100 years or more of a locomotive plant that employed over 10,000 men and women.

great industrial footage of what's left of this once massive plant.

Note; ....cwn

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Added: Oct-27-2012 Occurred On: Oct-27-1985
By: thecleaner001
In: History
Tags: GWR, Great Western Railway, Halcyon Days, Gods Wonderful Railway, Swindon, The Works, 'A' Shop, Betrayed by Thatcher,
Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom (UK/GB) (load item map)
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  • there's something magical about great factories

    Posted Oct-27-2012 By 
    morningwood (560.40)  

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  • Excellent post Cleaner. We are now in the final era. The final era is the time when the only thing that matters is profit. Social well-being and the well-being of mankind is no longer considered essential. There are no longer feelings of social/national ties. The corporations are multi-national now with no allegiances what-so-ever. It's a pity.

    It reminds me of a comment attributed to Mark Twain (American author), "Show me a man who says civilization is advancing and I'll show you an egoti More..

    Posted Oct-27-2012 By 
    downhill2400 (1358.08)

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    • very good points dh, it is a shame that so much heavy engineering has been erased from the British mainland and as you say, with little or no thought about the long term consequences other than that of profit.

      Posted Oct-27-2012 By 
      thecleaner001 (11909.18)  

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