Bristol UK Postcards - Temple Meads

Temple Meads

This embossed postcard, posted in Bristol on June 10th, 1909, has the printed text...

Burgess & Co., Bristol

Temple Meads

This unused postcard has the printed text...

No. 44
Printed by Harvey Barion & Sons Ltd., Bristol

This postcard has a hand-written date of September 19th, 1910.

Temple Meads

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Printed by Harvey Barion & Sons Ltd., Bristol

Temple Meads

This unused postcard has the printed text...

"Temple Tower" Series
R. H. & S. B

Temple Meads

This unused postcard has the printed text...

No. 140
The Alpha Postcard
Alpha Reg. Trade Mark
The Alphalsa Publishing Co., Ltd., 2 & 4 Scrutton St., London, EC4
Printed in Great Britain

Approaching Temple Meads

This image came from a negative that was taken in June 1949. It was taken from a train leaving Temple Meads and passing a west bound train entering the station. The row of houses on the hillside is in Totterdown, Bristol.

The Great Western Railway, which later, because of it's initials GWR, was nicknamed God's Wonderful Railway, was founded by a group of Bristol businessmen on 21st January 1833. One of the owners was the rather grand sounding Bristol and Gloucester Rail Road Company owned a horse drawn tramroad that ran the 10 miles from the floating harbour to the colleries in Coal Pit Heath. It eventually belonged to the Midland Railway, and it was because of this that the western terminus of the GWR, Temple Meads station, was jointly owned by the GWR and the Midland. The first train ran from London to Bridgwater, via Bristol on 14th June 1841, completing the trip to Bristol in just over 4 hours.

This page created 5th September 2009, last modified 25th February 2010