Tunnel art brings a hole lot of ghostes of railway workers into the present.
Artist Bruce Williams, Clr Garry Perkins and Ian Piper (Forward Swindon), with one of the pieces of ghostly art.
The ten new artworks represent railway workers through history, right up to modern times. Bruce Williams is an artist who works almost exclusively in the public realm, and has produced artwork for other locations around Swindon. He comments on the artworks:âThe characters you can see would probably have used the route under the tracks themselves on their way to and from work. These are regular men and women, who worked on the trains in war and in peace time, come rain or shine.âThe artist used seven photographs from the Steam Museum Archives, and three images are of people working in the industry today. It is expected that Bruce will be joined by one of these, signalman Anthony Rayner AIRO, at the opening tomorrow.âOn the opposite walls in gleaming letters read the words SWINDON WORKS, which is the name of the site but could also read as a hopeful slogan for the future.â Bruce Williams reflects. âIâm glad we have been able to breathe new life into the GWR Underpass. It is now a bright and safe, and dare I say it ‘beautiful’ pedestrian route through the town which reflects the historic and contemporary achievement of the railway industry in Swindon.â