River Severn at Lydney October 31st 1960

L-R: Heather Johnson, Sylvia Kiely, Gwen Roberts

Courtesy of: Bryan Nelmes

The Severn Rail Bridge ran across the river behind the girls. Some piers of the rail bridge can just be made out in the background. The bridge had been damaged in an accident just days earlier. It was never repaired.
The full bridge is shown in the image below in a drawing from 1935. The 4th and 5th span from the left and one pier were removed in the accident.

The drawing above by Gwendoline Dow, was drawn in 1935 while she was a student at Lydney Art School.
The image suffers from reflections as it was photographed through glass.