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Book Steam Across The Pennines

Download or read book Steam Across The Pennines written by Anthony Dawson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful collection of steam locomotives in the Pennines.This book follows preserved lines and steam specials and revisits iconic locations in the history of steam across the Pennines.

Book The Fifteen Guinea Special

Download or read book The Fifteen Guinea Special written by Ian Hardman and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated look back at the famous fifteen guinea special, and how the steam preservation movement developed in the years following it.

Book The Railway Magazine

Download or read book The Railway Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Railways of the North Pennines

Download or read book Railways of the North Pennines written by Dr Tom Bell and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated history describes how the two pioneering railways of northern England, the Stockton and Darlington and Newcastle and Carlisle railways, developed from unsuccessful canal proposals and how they, with the ill-fated Stanhope and Tyne Railway, initiated the development of the railway system that served the North Pennine Orefield. It reveals the public and private railways, as well as proposed lines, and the recovery and extensions of the Stockton and Darlington Railway until the North Eastern Railway took over in the early 1860s. Dr Tom Bell's impressive research also explores the subsequent slow but continuous decline as the minerals became exhausted, to the situation today when all that is left are three different tourist lines, one of which is trying to revive the mineral traffic.

Book The Making of the Central Pennines

Download or read book The Making of the Central Pennines written by John Porter and published by Moorland Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rebel Girls

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jill Liddington
  • Publisher : Virago
  • Release : 2015-09-03
  • ISBN : 0349007810
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Rebel Girls written by Jill Liddington and published by Virago. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rejecting the deadening conventions of their Victorian elders, the rebel girls demanded new freedoms and new rights. They took their suffrage message out to the remotest Yorkshire dales and fishing harbours, to win Edwardian hearts and minds. 16-year-old Huddersfield weaver Dora Thewlis on arrest was catapulted onto the tabloid front-pages as 'Baby Suffragette'. Her life was transformed. Dancer Lilian Lenton waited till her twenty-first birthday - then determined to burn two buildings a week until the Liberal government granted women the vote. Rebel Girls shows how this daring campaigning shifted from community suffragettes to militant mavericks.

Book Scottish Steam s Final Fling

Download or read book Scottish Steam s Final Fling written by Keith Widdowson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1967, Scotland became the third of the six British Railways regions to dispense with the steam locomotive, bringing an iconic era of Britain's transport heritage closer to its demise. Residing over 300 miles away, then teenaged Keith Widdowson's pilgrimages north of the border were marathon undertakings. Abysmal overnight time keeping, missed connections, trains allegedly booked as steam but turning up as diesel – each journey could have been a disaster, but those setbacks were easily forgotten after many successes, such as in catching runs with LNER A2s, A4s, V2s and B1s, as well as BR Clans. Accompanied with brief historical data of routes and stations – many no longer extant – visited, alongside photographs from the author's archives, this book is a collection of reminiscences from the final two years of steam that anyone with a penchant for railways will enjoy.

Book For the Love of Trains

Download or read book For the Love of Trains written by Ray Hamilton and published by Summersdale. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than just a means of transport, trains connect communities, evoke memories and promise adventures galore. This fact-packed miscellany tracks their development from the earliest locomotives to today’s superfast trains, stopping off along the way to explore great railway journeys, iconic stations and memorable depictions in the arts.

Book Jolly Lad

Download or read book Jolly Lad written by John Doran and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir about the recovery from alcoholism, habitual drug use and mental illness, from broadcaster, and co-founder and editor of The Quietus website, John Doran. Jolly Lad is a memoir about the recovery from alcoholism, habitual drug use and mental illness. It is also about the healing power of music, how memory defines us, the redemption offered by fatherhood and what it means to be working class. “This is not a 'my drink and drug hell' kind of book for several reasons—the main one being that I had, for the most part, had a really good time drinking. True, a handful of pretty appalling things have happened to me and some people that I know or used to know over the years. But I have, for the most part, left them out of this book as they are not illuminating, not edifying and in some cases concern other people who aren't here to consent to their appearance. Instead this book concentrates on what you face after the drink and the drugs have gone.” Jolly Lad is about gentrification; being diagnosed bipolar; attending Alcoholics Anonymous; living in a block of flats on a housing estate in London; the psychological damage done by psychedelic drugs; depression; DJing; factory work; friendship; growing old; hallucinations; street violence and obsessive behaviour—especially regarding music and art.

Book Geography  the Scientific Study of Human Settlement      The British Isles

Download or read book Geography the Scientific Study of Human Settlement The British Isles written by Roy Edgardo Parry and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Rough Guide to Yorkshire  Travel Guide eBook

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Yorkshire Travel Guide eBook written by Rough Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Yorkshire Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides. Discover Yorkshire with this comprehensive and entertaining travel guide, packed with practical information and honest recommendations by our independent experts. Whether you plan to drink a spot of tea in Bettys, marvel at York Minster and make your way through the stunning Yorkshire Dales, Rough Guide Yorkshire will help you discover the best places to explore, eat, drink, shop and sleep along the way. Features of this travel guide to Rough Guide Yorkshire: - Detailed regional coverage: provides practical information for every kind of trip, from off-the-beaten-track adventures to chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas - Honest and independent reviews: written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, our writers will help you make the most from your trip to Yorkshire - Meticulous mapping: practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys. Find your way around York, Bradford and many more locations without needing to get online - Fabulous full-colour photography: features inspirational colour photography, including the Sheffield Peace Gardens and Hebden Bridge - Time-saving itineraries: carefully planned routes will help inspire and inform your on-the-road experiences - Things not to miss: Rough Guides' rundown of the best sights and top experiences to be found in Harrogate, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay - Travel tips and info: packed with essential pre-departure information including getting around, accommodation, food and drink, health, the media, festivals, sports and outdoor activities, culture and etiquette, shopping and more - Background information: comprehensive 'Contexts' chapter provides fascinating insights into Yorkshire with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books and glossary - Covers: South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, The Vale of York, The Yorkshire Dales, The North York Moors, East Riding of Yorkshire You may also be interested in: Rough Guide England About Rough Guides: Rough Guides have been inspiring travellers for over 35 years, with over 30 million copies sold globally. Synonymous with practical travel tips, quality writing and a trustworthy 'tell it like it is' ethos, the Rough Guides list includes more than 260 travel guides to 120+ destinations, gift-books and phrasebooks.

Book Industrial Archaeology

Download or read book Industrial Archaeology written by Marilyn Palmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Industrial Archaeology uses the techniques of mainstream archaeological excavation, analysis and interpretation to present an enlightening picture of industrial society. Technology and heritage have, until recently, been the focal points of study in industrialization. Industrial Archaeology sets out a coherent methodology for the discipline which expands on and extends beyond the purely functional analysis of industrial landscapes, structures and artefacts to a broader consideration of their cultural meaning and value. The authors examine, for example, the social context of industrialization, including the effect of new means of production on working patterns, diet and health.

Book Main Line Operations Around Manchester and the MSW Electrification

Download or read book Main Line Operations Around Manchester and the MSW Electrification written by Robert P Pixton and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates one of the country’s best loved railway companies in the days of steam. Maps, charts, timetables and photographs are used to give the reader a sense of a journey from the compact terminus in Manchester to Godley, the limits of the system, at first opening. The reader is transported back to the original London Road station, using maps, and is walked through the small station to notice the variety of engines, signals and trains that operated there. Gorton, the company’s shed and locomotive works as well as its across the track rivals of Beyer, Peacock, are studied. The railway cross-road at Guide Bridge is given due importance and readers may well ponder on the contrast of ruralness of Ardwick, Fairfield and Fallowfield, then, and now. Connections at the joint stations of Stalybridge and Manchester Central station are explored. The latter is expanded to include Old Trafford shed as well as the links to Trafford Park Estate. Included is a review of the impact of electrification on the system, especially the exchanges taking place where the two systems interact. The numerous Joint Lines in this district (to Oldham, Altrincham, Hayfield and Macclesfield) are looked at in a subsequent volume. Pictures, and extensive captions, have been selected to show the variety of engines used and facets of stations or procedures.

Book More Amazing   Extraordinary Railway Facts

Download or read book More Amazing Extraordinary Railway Facts written by Julian Holland and published by F+W Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another fascinating miscellany that will delight railway buffs everywhere. The branch lines of transport history are fully explored and all who love trains will delight in stories of the old railway companies, famous engines, discontinued lines, and all sorts of other railway trivia.

Book The Brief History of Lancashire

Download or read book The Brief History of Lancashire written by Stephen Duxbury and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brief History of Lancashire starts, as all good histories should, with the beginning – the moment when the detritus of a dying star, spinning through the depths of the Milky Way, began to cool and coalesce, and rain – typically for Lancashire – began to fall as the moisture in the new atmosphere began to condense. A planet was formed, and history as we know it had begun. Racing through the history of Lancashire, with Neolithic residents, Romans, Civil War victories and Victorians – and, of course, a few cotton mills along the way – this delightful book will tell you everything you ought to know about the dramatic and fascinating history of the county – and a few things you never thought you would.

Book British Political History  1867   2001

Download or read book British Political History 1867 2001 written by Malcolm Pearce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of British Political History, 1867–2001 is an accessible summary of major political developments in British history over the last 140 years. Analyzing the changing nature of British society and Britain's role on the world stage, Malcolm Pearce and Geoffrey Stewart also outline the growth of democracy and the growth in the power of the state against a background of party politics. New coverage includes: domestic affairs from 1992 to 2001 John Major's Government the creation of 'New' Labour and the 'Third Way' Blair's first ministry developments in Northern Ireland from 1995 through the Easter Peace Deal into 2001 the 2001 General Election results and implications. Students of British politics and history will find this the perfect resource for their studies.

Book The World in Outline

    Book Details:
  • Author : E. D. Laborde
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2013-10-31
  • ISBN : 1107697581
  • Pages : 579 pages

Download or read book The World in Outline written by E. D. Laborde and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1946, as the second edition of a 1935 original, this book was written to meet the needs of candidates preparing in secondary schools for the School Certificate Examination. The text presents an outline of world geography, taking each continent in turn and analysing physical and human aspects. Numerous illustrative figures are included throughout and a general guide to features of physical geography is contained at the end. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in geography and the history of education.