Lincolnshire After Beeching
Author: Graham R. Jelly
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781909625204
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A Lincolnshire Journey
Author: Steve Middleton
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2014-04-02
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 1783062282
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Anyone with an interest in Lincolnshire, its landscape and its past and a liking for traditional poetry would enjoy this magical history tour A Lincolnshire Journey is a fictionalised exploration of the history and geography of Lincolnshire. The Lincoln Imp, driven out of the cathedral by an off-key chorister, becomes our tour guide through a landscape both familiar and unfamiliar. There dwell the Corieltauvi tribe and the Roman Ninth Legion, Anglo-Saxons warriors, Viking settlers, Norman lords and the latter day descendants of all of these. Our journey takes us into the gentle chalk wolds and across Lincolnshire’s lonely fenland, along the salt marshes to the banks of the Humber and even out into the North Sea and the Atlantic. The trawling industry, long gone railways, windmills, beautiful and often isolated country churches, delightful minor roads, all are visited. Perhaps most poignantly, Lincolnshire’s role as ‘Bomber County’ is considered. Written in verse form, this book is characterised by historical and geographical detail, humour and rhyme and rhythm. Join the Lincoln Imp for a rich and varied trip around Lincolnshire, in a book which strongly evokes the spirit of the county.
Dr Beeching's Axe 50 Years On
Author: Julian Holland
Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
Published: 2013-09-27
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 1446358305
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Julian Holland's Dr Beeching's Axe 50 Years On is a unique memorial to all that was lost following the publication of the ‘Beeching Report’ on 27 March 1963. Uniquely, the author has tried to include every railway line that was closed as a result of the ‘Beeching Report’, and more. They are all shown on Map 9 in Part 2 of the ‘Report’ and have been annotated for clarity at the beginning of each regional chapter in the book. Needless to say it is not plain sailing: there are lines that were marked for closure on the maps but were closed before publication of the ‘Report’; there are lines that were not originally on Beeching’s original hit list but which were closed anyway; there are lines that were originally marked down for closure but which were fortunately reprieved. There are even one or two which seem to have not existed at all! The author has included them all.
Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations
Author: Andrew Dow
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2006-04-10
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0801882923
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations is an authoritative compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. More than 3,400 entries are drawn from over 1,300 writers and speakers and a wide range of original sources both British and American—Acts of Parliament, poetry, songs, journals, advertisements, obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, office memoranda, speeches, newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, and private documents and conversations. Here Andrew Dow records remarkable, memorable words—from the well-known to the abstruse, from the commonplace to the vital. The selected quotations are arranged by subject matter and searchable by speaker, subject, and keyword. Dow's Dictionary will inform and captivate railway enthusiasts along with readers interested in railway architecture, engineering, geography, and history.
‘Our Lincolnshire’: Exploring public engagement with heritage
Author: Carenza Lewis
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2019-02-28
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1789691311
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents the aims, methods and outcomes of an innovative wide-ranging exploration of public attitudes to heritage, conducted in 2015-16 across Lincolnshire, England’s second-largest county. As policy and practice evolve, this research will remain valuable as a snapshot in time of public engagement with heritage.
Railways of the East Midlands
Author: John Evans
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2022-06-15
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 1445698919
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With previously unpublished images, explore the history of the heyday of British railways in the East Midlands.
Real Railway Tales
Author: Geoff Body
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014-05-05
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 0750957026
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Running a railway is a complex business, constantly throwing up drama, misadventure and the unexpected. Geoff Body and Bill Parker have collated a rich selection of railwaymen’s memories and anecdotes to create an enjoyable book of escapades and mishaps, illustrating the daily obstacles faced on the railways, from handling the new Eurostar to train catering, nights on the Tay Bridge to rail ‘traffic cops’, and from mystery derailments to track subsidence. However interesting the infrastructure of the large and varied railway business may be, the real heart of this great industry lies in its people, the complex jobs they occupy and the dedicated way in which they carry them out.
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Understanding Post-War British Society
Author: Peter Catterall
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-11
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1134837941
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British Rail
Author: Christian Wolmar
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2022-06-09
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0241456215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The authoritative and fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail 'Wolmar's book is impeccably organised and makes a fast, enjoyable read' THE TIMES Literary Supplement________ British Rail wasn't how we're asked to remember it . . . From ancient rolling stock to patchy service, stale sandwiches to the wrong kind of snow, British Rail - our last great state-owned organisation to be privatised - has received a terrible press. But after its controversial 1948 creation, British Rail was actually an innovative powerhouse that over five decades transformed the UK, creating one of the fastest regular rail services in the world. Award-winning journalist Christian Wolmar takes us from promise to punchline, exploring British Rail's birth into post-war austerity, the many battles and struggles to evolve what many considered to be a dinosaur, and how, at the height of its success, the service was misunderstood and unfairly maligned, ruthlessly broken up and privatised._______ Praise for Christian Wolmar 'Wolmar is the high priest of railway studies' Literary Review 'The greatest expert on British trains' Guardian 'Our most eminent transport journalist' Spectator 'If the world's railways have a laureate, it is surely Christian Wolmar' Boston Globe 'Christian Wolmar is in love with the railways. He writes constantly and passionately about them. He is their wisest, most detailed historian and a constant prophet of their rebirth . . . if you love the hum of the wheels and of history, then Christian Wolmar is your man' Observer
