Broad Hill, Gnosall

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Date:1900 - 1910 (c.)

Description:A postcard view of a labourer taking a rest with a horse and a cart loaded with wood on Broad Hill, near Gnosall.

In the background the railway bridge spans the former L&NWR Shropshire Union Railway Line from Stafford to Shrewsbury via Newport and Wellington, which opened in June 1849. The line closed on 7 September 1964.

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Working Animals Travel & Transport Transport & Communication Railways Landscape & Aerial Views L.N.W.R. Carriages & Carts Bridges Agriculture & Countryside

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Image courtesy of: The Roy Lewis Postcard Collection

Donor ref:Roy Lewis-704 (240/48289)

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