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Great Central passenger guard at Leicester

This is George Elliot, a Great Central passenger guard thought to have been photographed at Leicester Central around 1900. After the navvies work was done and the communities of labourers began to disperse, men and women living along the route of the Last Main Line must have greeted the Railway as a welcome source of employment. See on Route Map

Digital Reference: L2442
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1900
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: Black and white
Format: 120mm, 160mm
Copyright: Leicestershire County Council
Source: S. W. A. Newton Collection - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland (copy of glass plate negative, part of S. W. A. Newton Collection)
Identifier: Newton - Y 2/27
OS Reference: 458200 304600