Esso Advert, 1936

Morall's Gentlemans' Outfitters

A recreated building at the Black Country Living Museum depicting a menswear shop typical of the 1930s



To see the building, and others, visit the Black Country Living Museum website http://www.bclm.co.uk

Great Western Railway Air Services Part Two

The GWR Air Services were very succesful, and was one of the forerunners of the UK Domestic Airlines that operate today such as easyJet and Flybe. However, they only operated for a single season - in 1934, the airline Railway Air Services was formed, a collaboration of all four main railway companies - the Great Western Railway, the Southern Railway, the London Midland and Scotland Railway and the London North Eastern Railway

Broome's Garage 1936

Another building at the Black Country Living Museum, this time a replica of the Conway Garage at Sedgley Road, Dudley, run by mechanic Alex Broome. Alex Broome was a racing mechanic for Sunbeam, including being involved with the 1927 1000hp land speed record car nicknamed 'The Slug', but started his own garage in 1936 which ran for many years.



For more information on the garage and Alex Broome, you can view this .pdf file http://www.bclm.co.uk/downloads/a4_broomes_garage.pdf



You can see the replica garage, as well as a larger sales garage used as a car museum, at the Black Country Living Museum http://www.bclm.co.uk

Petrol Pumps

Selection of 1930's petrol pumps at the Black Country Living Museum garage



National Benzole



Shell



BP (British Petroleum)

Streamlined Royal Mail Car

British Pathe clip showing a GPO streamlined car, used for publicity purposes on the Royal Air Mail Service runs to Croydon Airport, and loading an Imperial Airways Handley Page HP42 Airliner

G.P.O STREAMLINED

Lockheed Electra at night, circa 1936

British Airways Ltd Lockheed 10a Electra at night

Great Western Railway Air Services

The Great Western Railway, also known as the GWR, and then also known as 'God's Wonderful Railway', the 'Great Way Round' or 'Goes When Ready' was one of the 'Big Four' railway companies in the UK between 1923 and 1948, when they were nationalised to form British Railways. The GWR never missed a trick, and had superb publicity to take advantage of the achievements and new developments the railway was doing. One area where the GWR lead the way was in developing its own Airline.



The Great Western Railway Air Services commenced operations in April 1933, operating between Birmingham and Plymouth, with Cardiff, Teignmouth and Torquay en-route. The service consisted of one aircraft, a three-engined Westland Wessex, owned by Imperial Airways, and painted in brown and cream, the traditional colour for GWR passenger carrying vehicles, such as the railway carriages, streamlined diesel railcars, and motor busses.



Timetable dated May 22 1933, from the collections of Björn Larsson http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/gwr.htm

Hobbs and Sons Fish & Chip Shop

The Black Country Living Museum, located in Dudley in the West Midlands (near Birmingham) has many relocated buildings from British history, especially from the Victorian-1930s era. The 1930s street is the newest development, and one of the first buildings to be opened was the Fish & Chip Shop, no doubt to relieve the strain on the much smaller 1920s Fish & Chip Shop which is always overwhelmed by demand!



The Fish & Chips are cooked in beef dripping and taste superb, and you can get scraps as well - for more information visit http://www.bclm.co.uk