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WOW what a story here!

Clerestories just visible! Does anyone know the location? 4-2-2 Rover Class : Inkermann, built 1878, withdrawn 1892, name commemorates the Battle of Inkerman (1854, Crimean War); name reused from earlier Iron Duke class (also 4-2-2). See also : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_Iron_Duke_Class "Thanks to the encouragement of Thomas Tunstall, the Shedmaster at Newton Abbot, [Rev Malan] was able to gain access to and photograph probably more broad gauge locomotives than anyone else. He died in Salisbury on 11 January 1928. His son, Francis Malan, donated three volumes of photographs of broad gauge trains and views of Swindon Works to the Great Western Railway in September 1935 and these are now in the National Archives, Kew" [as per the reference above], from : John Speller's web pages.

This is a very well-known photograph taken by Rev. A.H.Malan shortly before abolition of the broad gauge. It has been reproduced in many books. Location is Weston Junction on the Bristol to Taunton line. The junction to Weston Super Mare can be seen in the background. The view is looking towards Bristol. The train is passing under Moor Lane Bridge. Particularly interesting in this photograph is the engine driver or fireman standing with his right arm outstretched as acknowledgement to the signalman's (hopefully green!) flag.

For other examples of relevant GWR coaches in the Clerestory Group click here........, of which these (click here.......) are mapped with Flickr's new 2015 group mapping functionality, provided always the underlying Flickr mapping has taken place. .

The craftmanship of the lamp post and the flowerpots on the roof of the building in the centre of the left side of the street are nice features.

Georges Street is now O'Connell St.

O'Mahonys still there - Established 1902 O’Mahony’s was founded in 1902 at 120 O’Connell St. Limerick by J.P.O’Mahony, grandfather of the current owner Frank, and continues to trade from the same location. It is the oldest retail business of its type in the region and has developed from a single store of 450sq.ft. into a 25,000sq.ft. retail operation in the Mid-West and South-West of Ireland.

Street View - note O'Mahonys on the left - The Church was built in 1942

A similar style of electric lamp was introduced to Sydney, Australia streets from 1912, which might be of interest - www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/history/sydneystreets/Minding... Interesting in this photo that the old gas lamps are still there, which implies that electric street lighting had just been introduced.

It seems surprising to me that suffragettes would resort to arson. I wondered if the fire was really caused by reactionaries trying to make them look bad but apparently not. Were suffragettes more militant than I realized or were they more militant in Great Britain than the US? Here are a couple short articles in the New York Times dated March 11, 1913 which mention the fire. [1],[2] The date on this photo is currently set to 'some time in 1910. It should probably be set to March 11, 1913, or at least 'some time in 1913'.

Let’s hear it for Mrs. Pankhurst! SUFFRAGETTES TRY TO REACH THE KING 3/10/1910 New York Times … "Mrs. Pankhurst read the petition which it had been desired to present to the King. It declared that the militant movement for votes for women was endangering all forms of public and private property and had brought the administration and the law in to contempt." “All thinking persons”, it went on, “were eagerly and impatiently waiting to see whether the speech from the throne would contain a promise of legislation by which the suffragists’ violence and its consequences could be brought to append. “Votes for women” it continued, “Is the only cure for militancy. The revolting and futile policy of releasing hunger-strikers and re-arresting them, and again releasing them and re-arresting them, would simply bring discredit upon the Ministers responsible for it. Such treatment will never break the spirit of the women, though it will very likely bring about a tragedy, for although the women cannot be defeated they can be killed by persecution. If law and order are to be re-established in this realm, women must have votes.”

Good For Mrs Pankhurst! And, just in case someone is interested, the firm Suttons Seeds is still alive and well. Here is their history on their website www.suttons.co.uk/History.htm -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

The railway station has its own Wikipedia entry which mentions this incident: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunderton_railway_station

I never knew that suffragists resorted to terrorism. That's something the history books omit.