EAW006881 ENGLAND (1947). Lansdown, the Ladies' College Playing Field and the town centre, Cheltenham, 1947
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| Title | [EAW006881] Lansdown, the Ladies' College Playing Field and the town centre, Cheltenham, 1947 |
| Reference | EAW006881 |
| Date | 10-June-1947 |
| Link | |
| Place name | CHELTENHAM |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 394085, 222182 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.0859734866501, 51.897716052676 |
| National Grid Reference | SO941222 |
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 WWII Ash shelter (blackout protection to hide firebox glow from steam engines dropping their fires) adjacent to coal stage with water tank over. |
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| Cheltenham RFC Athletic Ground |
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| Cheltenham Town FC |
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| Racecourse station |
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| Racecourse grandstand |
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| Christ Church Road |
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| Lansdown Road |
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| Lansdown Crescent |
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| Royal Crescent |
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| Goods shed |
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| St James's Square railway station |
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| Great Western Terrace |
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| Malvern Road railway station |
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| 'Swimming Bath' |
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| Lansdown railway station |
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| 'Exotic Nursery' in 1932 - OS map |
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| Signalbox |
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| Water tank by what appears to be a small engine shed, with steam locomotives at rest outside |
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GWR Malvern Road MPD, sub-shed to Gloucester Horton Road |
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| New housing - possibly temporary, post war? |
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The main wartime occupants were the US Army’s European Theater of Operations. After D-Day, Oakley was used by the Ministry of Pensions and for teacher training, but was taken on by GCHQ staff when the organisation moved to Cheltenham in 1952. |
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| Steam locomotive with a goods train in tow |
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