Download or read book End of the Line The Moorgate Disaster written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 28th February 1975 a London Underground train crash led to the deaths of 43 people and injured dozens more. Now for the first time in 40 years, stories of that day and the aftermath are brought together in one volume to give a terrifying account of a day that shook the rail network. Interviews from survivors, rescuers and the relatives of those killed answer questions that until now have remained hidden. How was a packed train able to overshoot a terminal station and crash with such devastating consequences? How were the rescuers able to pull people out of the wreckage alive over 12 hours after impact? Most importantly...what was the cause of the crash? Author Richard M. Jones has dedicated his life to researching disasters of historical significance that have been forgotten.
Download or read book Capsized in the Solent The SRN6 12 Hovercraft Disaster written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 4th March 1972 a hovercraft capsized in stormy weather on a voyage from the Isle of Wight to Southsea. Five passengers were killed, but in a dramatic rescue operation involving air and sea units from miles around, the twenty-two others on board were rescued. This book tells the forgotten story of the capsizing of SRN6-012, the heroes who rose that day to save the survivors and the investigation that followed. Richard M. Jones has dedicated his life to researching disasters of historical significance that have been forgotten and has placed five memorials to such events around the UK. This is his fifth book.
Download or read book Boleyn Gold written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sidney Baron is a treasure hunter who is down on his luck. With nothing to show from all his ventures, he jumps at the chance to track down a possible cache of artefacts after the discovery of a journal dating back almost 500 years. What is this mysterious treasure and who is sabotaging their efforts? With the help of his daughter and best friend, they must race against time to locate what could be a treasure that changes everything we know about the Tudors. If they get to it first.
Download or read book Lost at Sea in Mysterious Circumstances written by Richard M Jones and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you think of something being lost at sea, you imagine a ship sinking gracefully, the survivors being rescued or a tragedy being caught on camera. But what if a ship is lost at sea without trace? What if an aircraft takes off on a routine flight and is never seen again? This book details over fifty of the most mysterious vanishings, ships that have made headlines but have never been found, both famous and forgotten cases that have left an outward ripple of tragedy and mystique. Most people have heard of the Mary Celeste crew vanishing, but how many knew that this was not the last case of an entire crew going missing? What about the three Scottish lighthouse keepers who were never seen again? Or the world famous aviation pioneers who took flight to never return? This book will tell you that MH370 was not the first airliner to disappear over the sea, nor was the Bermuda Triangle actually the cause of so many disappearing ships. How could six airplanes disappear in one day? Why did a ship with over 300 people on board not send a single distress call? Which ships vanished and then later messages in a bottle suddenly turn up, not just once but two separate shipwrecks? Lost at Sea in Mysterious Circumstances will cover all these and more as we reveal the stories of some of the most fascinating incidents above and below the waves.
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks written by Richard Jones and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones has put together 50 stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous and in some cases tragic ships in the whole of history. When did two liners collide and lead to one of the greatest rescues in history? How did a Scotsman become an American hero against his own country? Which warship sank with gold bullion on board during the Second World War? This book tells the story of these fascinating cases plus many more, explores the largest shipwrecks, the treasure wrecks and the ones that are talked about still as the most famous. Starting at the tiny island of Alderney in 1592, we take a journey through history, through the First and Second World Wars, into the age of the passenger ferry and finally to the modern day migrant issues in the Mediterranean Sea. Never before have these fifty wrecks come together in a book that really brings home to the reader just how many lost vessels there are, how deadly many can be and what this teaches us today about our own history.
Download or read book Britain s Lost Tragedies Uncovered written by Richard M. Jones and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is any disaster really forgotten? It is never forgotten by the survivors who lived through the trauma. It is never forgotten by the emergency services who tried to save the day. It is never forgotten by the relatives of those who never came home. Britain's Lost Tragedies Uncovered is a look at the tragedies and disasters that may not have stayed in public memory, but are no less terrible than their more famous counterparts. From a late-nineteenth-century family massacre in London to two separate fatal crashes at Dibbles Bridge in Yorkshire, and the worst-ever aviation show crash in post-war Farnborough to the horrifying Barnsley Public Hall disaster – here are twenty-three accounts of true devastation and stunning bravery. They are tales that deserve to be remembered.
Download or read book Shipwrecks of the Solent written by Richard M. Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fascinating story of the many ships wrecked in the waters of the Solent between Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
Download or read book A Z of Bridlington written by Richard M. Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Yorkshire town of Bridlington in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.
Download or read book Austen Secret written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Sidney Baron thought he could relax after the success that followed the discovery of the Boleyn Gold, he was wrong. Already rushed off their feet, a chance encounter with an American antiques dealer leads him and the team to drop everything and launch a quest for a document that could challenge what the world thinks it knows about regency England's most famous novelist. But why do things go very wrong so quickly? What happens when a false press report makes the team consider who they can really trust? Most of all who is the mysterious stranger who insists on sabotaging their every move? Sidney, Ali and Gemma are back for a new adventure in a race against time to prevent a treasure trove from being destroyed by an unknown adversary. Can they get there first? Or will the Austen Secret be lost forever?
Download or read book The Diary of a Royal Marine written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 2016 author Richard M Jones had exclusive access to the personal collection of a Mr George Cutcher, a former Royal Marine who had fought in the First World War and had gone on to live a full and active life. Now for the first time his story is told with his entire diary published along with the story of his life. How he joined the Marines too young, how he trained future Kings in the gymnasium, going on to fight in both Gallipoli and the Somme before being medically discharged. His own accounts of the fighting in the trenches brings it home to the reader just how bad conditions were and his collection makes his entire story so very real.
Download or read book Royal Victoria Rooms The Rise and Fall of a Bridlington Landmark written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1847 to 1933 a building complex known as the Victoria Rooms stood overlooking Bridlington harbour in East Yorkshire. In the 86 years it stood tall it was used for both entertainment, leisure and as the Town Hall, being given royal status in 1888 after a visit from the Duke of Clarence. But it was the drama of the building's final demise in September 1933 that made this grand building hit the headlines. A huge fire and some heroic deeds by the local residents meant that no lives were lost that eventful night. Now for the first time in the history of the Royal Victoria Rooms a book tells the story of the life and times of this iconic structure. Richard M. Jones is a historian who has put up six plaques to forgotten disasters around the UK and followed them up with books telling those stories. A serving member of the Royal Navy, he divides his time between Bridlington and Hampshire.
Download or read book RMS Titanic The Bridlington Connections written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people have learned about the tragic story of the luxury liner Titanic, but how many could list the links the ship has to the small town of Bridlington in East Yorkshire? Years of Titanic research has led to the author compiling these links into one book which answers questions such as: - Which Titanic survivor was shipwrecked in Bridlington Bay? - What was thought lost for almost 100 years until going up for auction? - How many people in Bridlington have spent their lives researching Titanic? - Which Titanic victim had a plaque dedicated to them due to their time spent in Bridlington? Compiled with original research and photographs this is a small book but packed with information on Bridlington's connection to the world's most famous ship.
Download or read book Collision in the Night The Sinking of HMS Duchess written by Richard M. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 12th December 1939, a collision in the Irish Sea led to the loss of the warship HMS Duchess and most of her crew. Only three months after the outbreak of the Second World War this disaster was immediately overshadowed by other wartime events, leaving this ship's fate lost to history. Now for the first time the life and voyages of this proud ship and the tragedy of her loss are told in full and those forgotten voices are lost no more.
Download or read book Haunted Great Britain Ghosts Hauntings Urban Legends 25 Landmarks Myths Of London United Kingdom written by Granger T Barr and published by Granger T Barr. This book was released on with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunted Great Britain: Ghosts, Hauntings, Urban Legends, 25 Landmarks & Myths Of London, United Kingdom London is often recognised as the most prestigious and magnificent city in the world, with its historic buildings, castles, museums, parks, and lively streets. However, London, like every other city, has a nasty underbelly. After dark, some ancient buildings take on a gloomy and haunted appearance, resonating with grisly tales and eliciting uneasiness in visitors. If you have a robust heart then get this book now. The strange and fascinating facts and stories contained in this book are based on real-life occurrences that took place in some of London's most haunted locations. 25 haunted landmarks The London Underground Network Haunted pubs, theatres, hospitals and more! GET THIS BOOK!
Download or read book The History of the London Underground Map written by Caroline Roope and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few transportation maps can boast the pedigree that London’s iconic ‘Tube’ map can. Sported on t-shirts, keyrings, duvet covers, and most recently, downloaded an astonishing twenty million times in app form, the map remains a long-standing icon of British design and ingenuity. Hailed by the art and design community as a cultural artifact, it has also inspired other culturally important pieces of artwork, and in 2006 was voted second in BBC 2’s Great British Design Test. But it almost didn’t make it out of the notepad it was designed in. The story of how the Underground map evolved is almost as troubled and fraught with complexities as the transport network it represents. Mapping the Underground was not for the faint-hearted – it rapidly became a source of frustration, and in some cases obsession – often driving its custodians to the point of distraction. The solution, when eventually found, would not only revolutionise the movement of people around the city but change the way we visualise London forever. Caroline Roope’s wonderfully researched book casts the Underground in a new light, placing the world’s most famous transit network and its even more famous map in its wider historical and cultural context, revealing the people not just behind the iconic map, but behind the Underground’s artistic and architectural heritage. From pioneers to visionaries, disruptors to dissenters – the Underground has had them all – as well as a constant stream of (often disgruntled) passengers. It is thanks to the legacy of a host of reformers that the Tube and the diagram that finally provided the key to understanding it, have endured as masterpieces of both engineering and design.
Download or read book The Railway Police written by Nigel Wier and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is about the railway police and most readers probably do not realise that it is the oldest police force in the United Kingdom and it can be traced back in history to 1826. I am no doubt that some historians of the Metropolitan Police will disagree. The book will follow the railway police through its history up until the present day and it will give you a flavour of what they are all about and of course what work they get involved in. I think some of you will be very surprised at what they actually do. I have written this book because I feel that they do not get the credit they deserve and are overlooked somewhat and I hope that after you have read this book you will agree with me that we do need the railway police as much as we need any other police.
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