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1910s-1920s

Wilbert as an infant

Diary of Lucy Awdry (née Bury), Wilbert's mother

Wilbert and his brother George Awdry (left) as children

Wilbert (left) and George (right) as teenagers

1930s-1950s

Wilbert riding a camel during his teaching in Jerusalem in the 1930s

Wilbert and Margaret Wale

The Awdry's Wedding on 30 August 1938

The Awdry Family

(from right to left) Wilbert, Christopher and George

Wilbert and his family at Bredhurst in August 1948

Wilbert and his family at Towyn beach in summer 1952

Wilbert as a guard with Hilary at the Talyllyn Railway in 1952

Wilbert and C. Reginald Dalby with the first 10 books in around 1955

Wilbert guarding the BBC TV train on the Talyllyn Railway in 1957

Wilbert at Abergynolwyn in 1957

Wilbert at Emneth Church

1960s-1970s

Wilbert and his family at Emneth Church in 1965

Wilbert with Alfred

Wilbert in a 1968 BBC documentary about Flying Scotsman

Wilbert around 1973, a photo often used for Japanese RWS books

Wilbert with the Nene Valley Railway's Thomas

Wilbert unveiling "Thomas Junior" at Beer Heights Light Railway in 1975

Wilbert and Teddy Boston at Cadeby in 1975

Wilbert signing books in Oxford, 27 November 1976

Wilbert with Joanne Honour, 27 November 1976

Wilbert as photographed by Edgar Hodges

Wilbert signing the RWS book

Wilber operating the Mid Sodor layout in 1978

Wilbert at the Didcot Railway Centre, 12 July 1978

Wilbert at his home in Stroud, 1979

1980s

Christopher and Wilbert cutting a cake at the National Railway Museum

Wilbert reading Thomas the Tank Engine in 1981

Wilbert with his model railways and controller in 1982

Wilbert with Annual 1980

Wilbert and Christopher with RWS books, Annuals and Thomas's Christmas Party at Wilbert's Study in 1984

Wilbert on Good Morning Britain in 9th October 1984, the premiere broadcast

Wilbert, Christopher and Richard Awdry

Wilbert with Hornby's first model of Thomas at a model railway exhibition in 1985

Wilbert reading Thomas Comes to Breakfast with a boy is holding a Ladybird book in around 1985

Wilbert signing a pop-up book

Wilbert at the Talyllyn Railway in September 1985 with his son and grandson

Wilbert visiting students and their models at the Coney Hill Junior School in Gloucestershire in 1986

Wilbert and Christopher Awdry with Owen Bell (uploaded with permission from Owen Bell)

Wilbert at Ladybird Books Ltd in 31 July 1987

Wilbert on Wogan in 30 March 1988

Wilbert with Edward Thomas as "Peter Sam" in 14 May 1988

Wilbert and Margaret's Wedding Anniversary in 1988

Wilbert with his brother George

Wilbert, President of the Dean Forest Railway, with Margaret Radway and companion (the first female rail crew)

Wilbert and Mike Pearce at Dean Forest Railway

Thomas & Friends

Wilbert with the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends models in 6th December 1983

Filming James and the Coaches with Wilbert in 6th December 1983

Wilbert with Britt Allcroft and some of his grandchildren and a model of James

Wilbert with Further Engine Stories, Britt Allcroft and David Mitton

Wilbert on the set of the television series

Wilbert and Christopher with the first series crew

Wilbert wearing a guard's cap with the first series crew

Wilbert and Christopher with the television series models in 9th October 1984

Wilbert (right) and Ringo Starr (left) with the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends models

Wilbert meeting Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach at his home in Stroud

Wilbert and Ringo with two Thomas models

Wilbert Awdry at London Toy Fair 1985

Wilbert and Britt with the the television series models of Thomas, Duck, Toby and Percy at the Dean Forest Railway in 1986

Ringo Starr and the Rev.W.Awdry being interviewed for Children's ITV to promote the debut of Series 2

Wilbert and Ringo at a charity dinner in 18 December 1986

Wilbert with his model of Thomas and Thomas' second series model (Note: His left arm is in a cast)

Wilbert watching Percy Takes the Plunge on TV

Wilbert with a sailboat named after Thomas.

1990s

Wilbert and Christopher, June 1990

Wilbert cutting a cake, June 1990

Wilbert, Christopher and Richard Awdry

Wilbert with his daughter Hilary

Wilbert holding copies of Small Railway Engines and Gallant Old Engine

Wilbert interviewed in bedroom for The Making of Thomas the Tank Engine in 1994

Wilbert Awdry in The Thomas the Tank Engine Man in 1994

Wilbert and Christopher in 1995

Wilbert being awarded the OBE in 1996

Memorial

"In Memory of Wilbert Vere Awdry, Vicar of Emneth 1953-1965" on Emneth Parish Church

Stain glass window by Alfred Fisher at Rodborough Parish Church

"Wilbert Vere Awdry 1911-1997, Clergyman and Author lived here 1920-1928" on the Lorne House

Blue Plaque installed at Old Rectory of The Holy Trinity Church in South Cambridgeshire

Christopher Awdry and Johnny Morris at King's Cross with an Intercity 225 named after the "Reverend W Awdry"

BR Class 91 locomotive 91124 (formerly) named after the "Reverend W Awdry"

Chandler's Ford Pedestrian Bridge named after the "Rev. Wilbert Awdry"

An excerpt taken from Wilbert Awdry's obituary and funeral pamphlet

Reverend Awdry's Ale

Miscellaneous

"A Life in the Day of the Rev. W. Awdry" on the Sunday Times Magazine (16 May 1982)

"Awdry Mk.2 carries on tradition" (1983) and "Thomas’s yen for Japan" (1990) on the newspaper

The cover of the Observer Magazine (22 July 1989) illustrated by Mick Brownfield

Wilbert and Margaret Awdry sketched by Owen Bell

Awdry depicted as a steam engine with Gordon and Thomas

A Daily Mirror interview of him from 25 June 1994.

Tribute stamps from the Talyllyn Railway in 1998

Awdry with Thomas, Henry, Gordon and James drawn by Clive Spong

The Rev. W. Awdry's 100th birthday logo (2011)

Awdry's collections

Sketch and Manuscript

The Reverend's typewriter, which he used to write many of the Railway Series books and letters

Edward's Day Out manuscript

Awdry's original sketches

Awdry's drawing of Henry in his tunnel

Awdry's drawing of Gordon and Henry

Awdry's drawing of Gordon and Edward

Awdry's drawing of Henry

Awdry's drawing of Thomas

Awdry's drawing of Gordon and Thomas

Awdry's drawing of Thomas in Vicarstown

Awdry's drawing of James stuck at Tidmouth Sheds

Awdry's drawing of James

Awdry's drawing of Henry, Gordon and James

Illustrations by Wilbert Awdry and Barbara Bean

Awdry's drawing of Terence

An early sketch map of Thomas' Branch Line

Sketch map of the trackplan at Crovan's Gate (Drawn in 1954, revised in 1961)

Sketch map of the trackplan at Cros-ny-Cuirn and the nearby gorge

Sketch map of the trackplan at the Skarloey Slate Quarry (Drawn in October 1958)

History Book

Letter to Mrs Adams about the The Sad Story of Henry (26th June 1953)

Letter from Mr. Evans (2 June 1958)

Letter to Mr. Evans (5 June 1958)

Letter to Roy Nevitt (1981)

Drawing of Gordon (1985)

Letter to Slade (7 September 1985)

The Original Thomas

Awdry's first model of Thomas, made for Christopher

Thomas as he was first created plus a carriage and truck

The model illustrated for a 2005 Japanese television documentary

OO scale models

Awdry with some of his models

Thomas Mk1

Thomas Mk2

Thomas Mk3

All three models in 2020

Annie and Clarabel's first models

Being exhibited at the Statfold Barn Railway in 2022 with Thomas Mk3

Annie and Clarabel's second models

Edward

Henry

Gordon

James Mk1

James Mk2

Percy Mk1

Percy Mk2 (Spare)

Toby Mk1

Toby Mk1

Toby Mk1, Henrietta and Elsie

Toby Mk3

Henrietta and The Quarryman's Coach

The Observation Saloon Coaches

Duck

Donald

Donald's model on display at the NGRM in Tywyn, Wales

Oliver

Oliver and Bloomer

Bloomer

Bloomer on display at the NGRM in Tywyn, Wales

Stepney

City of Truro

Warrington

Daisy

BoCo

Awdry's Hornby Class 35, used as a reference for Bear

Mavis

Stephenson's Rocket

OO9 scale models

Skarloey

Rheneas

Falcon, circa 2021

Stuart, circa 2021

Peter Sam

Duncan

Duke Mk1

Duke Mk2

Stanley

Stanley, as a pumping engine, on the Mid Sodor Railway layout circa 2021

Albert Mk1

Albert Mk2 (Spare)

Albert Mk2

Albert Mk2 (Repainted as a Falcon spare), circa 2021

Albert Mk3, circa 2021

Jim, circa 2021

Tim, circa 2021

Atlas

Alfred

Gerry, circa 2021

John

Jennings, circa 2021

The Mine Engine Mk1, circa 2021

The Mine Engine Mk2 (Spare), circa 2021

Layout

Wilbert operating on one of his model railways, this one in particular is known as "Ffarquhar Branch" in 1959

Operating Ffarquhar MK I at a model railway exhibition, c.1963

Ffarquhar Goods Depot

Ffarquhar Mark II in 2020 with most of Awdry's models

Knapford on Wilbert's layout

Knapford Quarry

Wilbert operating his Ulfstead Road layout in 1970

Jim and Falcon at Ulfstead Road

Jim pulling the "Horse and Cart" goods train

Tim pulling a passenger train

The engine's models in a storage box

Wilbert Awdry's Duke, Stuart and Falcon on the Ulfstead Road layout in 2021 (Courtesy of Luke Ryan)

Awdry's study

Wilbert's house with the name Sodor in Stroud

The Reverend W. Awdry's cluttered study

Wilbert in his study

A sign for the Island of Sodor

Map of Sodor

Wilbert's model railway room

Duck's Hornby model

1952 Tidmouth timetable (The NWR layout)

Ffarquhar timetable