YESTERDAY'S COUNTRYSIDE: COUNTRY LIFE AS IT REALLY WAS. By Valerie Porter.

Porter (Valerie).

ISBN 10: 0715313878 / ISBN 13: 9780715313879

Edité par David & Charles. Newton Abbot, Devon. 2002

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. Large 4to (222 x 287mm). Pp288. B/w photographs throughout, colour photographs of railway posters. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. Book-seller's label to front end-paper else fine unread copy. A handsome collection of photographs and articles on the British railways from the turn of the twentieth century up to the final withdrawl of steam locomotives in 1968. Chapters include: Monopoly to merger; The Golden Age; Stations and signals; Rural railways; Going away by train; Commuting by train; Famous locomotives; Delivering the goods; Railways at war; The post-war era; Raliways for fun; Out of steam. . N° de réf. du vendeur 51529

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Titre : YESTERDAY'S COUNTRYSIDE: COUNTRY LIFE AS IT ...

Éditeur : David & Charles. Newton Abbot, Devon. 2002

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Edition : Edition originale

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Synopsis :

This work recalls an era when a train journey remained an adventure, and when the steam locomotives that made the journey possible were a source of awe and fascination. It includes a comprehensive history of Britain's railways from the groundbreaking years of the 1900s to the day in August 1968 that the fires were put out for the last time. Our railway system has always been viewed with a mixture of affection, amusement and exasperation. Yet there were periods in the 20th century when the railways were a source of pride and excitement. Many still recall when the train was their principal means of travel, whether to school or work, to visit friends and relatives, or to go on holiday. And it wasn't just people that went by rail; so did the coal that heated homes, the food that filled them and the bricks that built them. They also served the great ports, conveying everything from thousand-ton loads of iron to baskets of racing pigeons.

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Peter Herring has been a railway enthusiast since he was a boy and as a professional writer has had a successful career pursuing his interest, including editing Steam Classic for more than six years in the 1990s. He is the author of Ultimate Train, and has written numerous articles and reviews for a variety of publications. He now lives in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.