A selection of images of Swindon and its inhabitants taken during WW1 have been put on Flickr.
Swindon Borough Council have published the following statement:
“In collaboration with the people of Swindon and local history enthusiasts, Swindon Central Library has produced a substantial online library of historical photographs – on theInternet photograph repository, Flickr.
The Swindon Collection Photostream is an ongoing project to publish the history of the Borough of Swindon in photographs. The collection already includes many thousands of fascinating images – drawn from the library’s collection, the private collections of local residents and enthusiasts, and historical material from Swindon’s commercial institutions of the past and present.”
To view the images on Flickr, click here.
Images courtesy of Swindon’s World War One website.