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Another heavy wagon carrying coal, standing outside Parsons Photographic Studio, now 30 High Street, (date unknown)(Kindly supplied by Julia Radbourne) — coal waggon 80
Another heavy wagon carrying coal, standing outside Parsons Photographic Studio, now 30 High Street, (date unknown)
(Kindly supplied by Julia Radbourne)

Another heavy wagon carrying coal, standing outside Parsons Photographic Studio, now 30 High Street, (date unknown)(Kindly supplied by Julia Radbourne)

Alexander's Coal Merchants at the railway yard, c1912.Joe Alexander is the tall man 5th from left; Charlie Deacon is 2nd from right. — 19120000ca Alexander's Coal Merchants
Alexander's Coal Merchants at the railway yard, c1912.
Joe Alexander is the tall man 5th from left; Charlie Deacon is 2nd from right.

Alexander's Coal Merchants at the railway yard, c1912.Joe Alexander is the tall man 5th from left; Charlie Deacon is 2nd from right.

Alexander's heavy coal wagon outside London &amp; Provincial Stores (25 High Street), c1902.Bill Lewington on right; "Bogey" Heath from Eddington in the centre.Alexander's horses were kept at the station yeard in those days. This picture was taken on early closing or Bank Holiday (the windows are shuttered, and the men in best clothes. It may have been in readiness for taking a childrens' outing to Savernake Forest?[A. Parsons, Hungerford] — uhs-061
Alexander's heavy coal wagon outside London & Provincial Stores (25 High Street), c1902.
Bill Lewington on right; "Bogey" Heath from Eddington in the centre.
Alexander's horses were kept at the station yeard in those days. This picture was taken on early closing or Bank Holiday (the windows are shuttered, and the men in best clothes. It may have been in readiness for taking a childrens' outing to Savernake Forest?
[A. Parsons, Hungerford]

Alexander's heavy coal wagon outside London & Provincial Stores (25 High Street), c1902.Bill Lewington on right; "Bogey" Heath from Eddington in the centre.Alexander's horses were kept at the station yeard in those days. This picture was taken on early closing or Bank Holiday (the windows are shuttered, and the men in best clothes. It may have been in readiness for taking a childrens' outing to Savernake Forest?[A. Parsons, Hungerford]

Four heavy wagons, including Lewington's (2nd from left) outside Parsons Photographic Studio, now 30 High Street, (date unknown) — UHS-071
Four heavy wagons, including Lewington's (2nd from left) outside Parsons Photographic Studio, now 30 High Street, (date unknown)

Four heavy wagons, including Lewington's (2nd from left) outside Parsons Photographic Studio, now 30 High Street, (date unknown)

00-gauge model of Alexander's coal wagon, 2020. — Alexander's wagon model
00-gauge model of Alexander's coal wagon, 2020.

00-gauge model of Alexander's coal wagon, 2020.

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