These puzzles were made by Chad Valley for the GWR between 1924 and 1939. The first was Caerphilly Castle made to be sold at the British Empire Exhibition in May 1924. It was the only jigsaw sold in this series without GWR on its blue and white box and was sold at 5/-.

This did not sell well and the price was later reduced to 2/6d and the box and jigsaw were changed with the front and rear not cut to the outline of the loco and a GWR box used. These were from now on sold at cost as publicity material. It eventually sold about 78,000 copies.

Another 45 puzzles were produced (2 with different versions of the same puzzle) and by 1939 when production ceased over 1,000,000 had been produced.

The jigsaws are listed in order of scarcity with this based on jigsaws available in the past 3 years.

A picture is available of each puzzle - just click on the name.

 

No		Name
1		Lost In Transit
2		Loco's in the making
3		Windsor Castle (Curvy Edge)
4		King George V (300 pieces)
5		The Railway Station (Twin)
6		The Model Railway
7		Britains Mightiest
8		The Streamlined Way
9		The Fishguard Army
10		The Freight Train
11		Night Mail
12		London Highways
13		St Julian (Side View)
14		Cornwall Preparing for the Catch
15		Windsor Castle from the Air
16		Swansea Docks
17		Speed
18		Piccadilly Circus
19		Locomotives Old & New
20		The St Julien (3/4) View
21		Oxford
22		Windsor Castle (Knights)
23		Warwick Castle
24		Caerphilly Castle
Fairly Common
		Henley Bridge
		St Davids Cathedral
		The Royal Route to the West
		Springtime in Devon
		Glorious Devon
		The Cheltenham Flyer
		A Cornish Fishing Village
		The Railway Station (Single)
		Mountains of Killarney
Most Common
		The Cathedral
		Historic Totnes
		King George V (150 pieces)
		Cornish Riviera Express
		Ann Hathaways Cottage
		The Vikings at St Ives
		The Torbay Express
		King Arthur on Dartmoor
		Bath
		Stratford Upon Avon
		The Romans at Caerleon
		Brasenose College Oxford
		Drake Goes West

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