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Early Aviation

Historic images of aviation from the earliest days of powered flight, including Louis Bleriot and all Bleriot-type planes, box kites, Farmans, early Aviation Meetings and accidents.

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An Exe Valley Branch service in the bay at Dulverton circa 1962
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Dulverton Railway Station c1962
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Dulverton c1962
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No's 75009 and 44944 double head a northbound train away from Midsomer Norton on 13th July 1962
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Midsomer Norton Railway Station 1962
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Midsomer Norton…
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No. 2217 viewed from inside Highbridge engine shed in September 1964
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Highbridge Engine Shed 1964
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Highbridge shed No 2217 9.64
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Fowler Class '4F' No. 44544, with an unidentified BR Standard 4-6-0 in front as pilot, waits to leave Bath Green Park station with the 9.15am to Templecombe on 13th March 1962
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Bath Green Park Railway Station 1962
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Bath GP No 4454…
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No. 3787 at Ilminster with a train for Chard in August 1962
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Ilminster Railway Station 1962
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Ilminster No 3787 8.62
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No. 82035 arrives at Wells Tucker Street with a train from Yatton on 4th August 1962. A westbound train waits to depart.
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Wells Tucker Street Railway Station 1962
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Wells TS No 82035 4.8.62
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Maunsell S15 Class 4-6-0 No. 30828 pauses at Chard Junction with an eastbound train on 12th August 1961. This engine is today preserved on the Mid Hants Railway
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Chard Junction Railway Station 1961
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Chard Jct & SR 4-6-0 12.8.61
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A view from the 4.15pm Templecombe-Bath GP train near Midford on 13th July 1962
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Near Midford 1962
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Nr Midford fr train 13.7.62
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No. 2217 at Evercreech Junction with a train for Highbridge circa 1964
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Evercreech Junction Railway Station c1964
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Evercreech Jct No 2217 c64
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The ex-LSWR Chard Town station, termminus of a short branch from Chard Junction, in August 1962. The passenger service was withdrawn as long ago as 1917 but the station continued in goods use until 1962, closing shortly after this photograph was taken
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Chard Town LSWR Railway Station 1962
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Chard Town LSWR 8.62
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No. 3210 waits to leave Highbridge with the 2.20pm train to Templecombe on 31.3.62
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Highbridge S&D Railway Station 1962
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Highbridge No 3…
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The business end of withdrawn MR '2228' Class 0-4-4T No. 58086 at Bath Green Park shed on 29th April 1962. Note the joke title scrawled in chalk on the smokebox door
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No. 58086 Bath Green Park Shed 1962
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Bath GP shed No 58086 29.4.62
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An ex-GWR 45xx Prairie tank on shunting duties at Yeovil Junction in August 1962, with the engine shed undergoing some repair work in the background
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Yeovil Junction Railway Station & Shed 1962
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Yeovil Jct shed 8.62
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No. 2217 with a train from Highbridge at Evercreech on 26th September 1964, with the distinctive water tower in the background
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Evercreech Junction Railway Station 1964
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Evercreech Jct No 2217 26.9.64
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An unidentified BR 75xxx Class 4-6-0 heads away from Shepton Mallett (Charlton Road) with the 11.40am from Bournemouth West to Birmingham New Street on 31st March 1962
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Shepton Mallet S&D 1962
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A pannier tank shunts coal wagons at Bath Green Park shed on 29th April 1962
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Bath Green Park Shed 1962
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Bath GP shed 29.4.62
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No. 75071 drifts light engine through Templecombe in September 1964
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Templecombe Railway Station 1964
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Templecombe No 75071 9.64
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No. 3210 works hard as it hauls the 2,20 highbridge-Templecombe train away from West Pennard station on 31st March 1962
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West Pennard Railway Station 1962
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West Pennard, N…
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The road approach to Chard Central station in August 1962
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Chard Central Railway Station 1962
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Chard Central ext 8.62
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A fine study of S15 Class 4-6-0 No. 30829, with 8-wheeled tender, at Templecombe on 12th August 1961
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Templecombe Railway Station 1961
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Templecombe No 30829 12.8.61
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