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Book Synopsis Memories of Isle of Wight Railways by : Mike Jacobs
Download or read book Memories of Isle of Wight Railways written by Mike Jacobs and published by Noodle Books. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945 Mike Jacobs visited the Isle of Wight for the first time and was captivated by the railway system, which he innocently believed at the time to be concentrated only at Ryde. Over the years, further visits followed, including trips on the Island line to Ventnor, Bembridge, Newport, and Yarmouth. Already addicted to the charm of the Island system, it was fortunate indeed when in 1954 the family moved to Ventnor, which was to cement his fascination with the railway system. Mike Jacobs' stories of railway life half a century ago and more, seen through the eyes of both a regular passenger and an enthusiast, are unique. Written with wonderful warmth of feeling, the reader is immediately taken back to a long-forgotten time and to a quaint way of life that has now all but disappeared. Fully illustrated with plenty of rare mono illustrations, this volume captures the ever-changing railway scene beautifully.
Book Synopsis Memories of Southern Railways by : Mike Jacobs
Download or read book Memories of Southern Railways written by Mike Jacobs and published by Ian Allen Pub. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010 the first volume of Mike Jacob's enchanting memories of his railway childhood was published. 'MEMORIES OF ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAYS' combined personal reminiscences with accurate factual information. This new volume continues the same theme, but at two differing periods. Firstly Mike Jacob's memories that pre-date his time on the Isle of Wight and then later, and as the title of this new book suggests, his visits to and travels on and around the Southern Region in the 1950s and early 1960s. Readers are privileged to see Hampshire railways in the 1940s, the time as a child he first saw a sailor carrying bananas at Portsmouth station - without knowing what they were: a strange machine that turned out to be the 'Leader' on a test run, and later still visits to Eastleigh and interviews with the Works Manager: which revealed some interested facets on Mr Bulleid and his engines! The story continues with equally wonderful descriptions of visits from Kent across to Cornwall. This new title is copiously illustrated with new material, a lot of which has never previously published. Just like the first volume, this is a compelling book which once started will be difficult to put down
Download or read book Isle of Wight written by Peter Paye and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Isle of Man Railways by : Gordon Edgar
Download or read book Isle of Man Railways written by Gordon Edgar and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the spirit of the Isle of Man's narrow gauge network. Its history as well as today's preserved steam railway.
Download or read book The Railway Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Isle of Wight Railway by : R. J. Maycock
Download or read book The Isle of Wight Railway written by R. J. Maycock and published by . This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Forget the Anorak by : Michael G Harvey
Download or read book Forget the Anorak written by Michael G Harvey and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Harvey's book brings to its readers the excitement of trainspotting in the 1950s and '60s, the hobby's heyday. It was the advent of the famous Ian Allan ABC Locospotters books that really gave the hobby its impetus, as they gave trainspotters all the information they required. Forget the Anorak sets out to provide the reader with a personal account of what the hobby entailed - teenagers roaming the railways of Britain, sleeping on deserted platforms on porters' trolleys, 'bunking' dimly lit depots and eluding capture, travelling hundreds of miles on a platform ticket, and stink bombs on the Underground. You'll be able to smell the steam, soot and unwashed socks, and taste the boiled egg sandwiches, the chips wrapped in newspaper and the hot jam doughnuts, all washed down with warm Tizer. Illustrated with Michael Harvey's own photographs and a selection of maps, Forget the Anorak appeals to anyone who experienced the golden days of trainspotting, as well as to anyone interested in the social history of Britain after the Second World War.
Book Synopsis The Isle of Wight Railway by : R.J. Maycock
Download or read book The Isle of Wight Railway written by R.J. Maycock and published by Oakwood Library of Railway History. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Upgrading the Isle of Wight's Railway by : Richard C Long
Download or read book Upgrading the Isle of Wight's Railway written by Richard C Long and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-10-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2019 it was announced that the Isle of Wight’s iconic 1938 Stock tube trains were to be withdrawn and replaced with a ‘new’ fleet of refurbished ex-London Underground trains, as part of a wider project to upgrade the Island’s ageing railway infrastructure. This book examines in detail the events that followed: the infrastructure works, the withdrawal and disposal of the old trains, and the development and introduction of their replacements – all of it carried out in the midst of a global pandemic. What went wrong, and what went right? What would happen to the 1938 Stock? And would the new trains even fit through Ryde Tunnel…? In writing this book the author has been able to draw upon unique insights provided by some of the key figures involved in the Island Line upgrade, as well as by the current owners of many of the withdrawn 1938 Stock units.
Book Synopsis Dad's Best Memories and Recollections by : Charles J. Humber
Download or read book Dad's Best Memories and Recollections written by Charles J. Humber and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DAD’S BEST MEMORIES AND RECOLLECTIONS is Chazzz Humber’s epithaph casting a very long and sentimental shadow across North America and beyond. This 230-page volume is his granite monument, well-polished! It lavishly records 125 of his best memories over a life-span of nearly eighty years. The vignettes are serenaded with more than 400 illustrations. Those discovering this volume likely will find themselves wanting to record, in their own sunset years, their personal memories and recollections. And when they do, they are apt to recall what it was like to live in their fluctuating world dominated by a variety of personalities and cascading events. Mr. Humber vividly describes what it was like, in 1945, to travel in a 1930 Model A Ford from Toronto to Boston. With lively enthusiasm, he reports what it was like to live in post-World War II Boston, to cook a lobster for a former President of the United States or to sell a pair of elevator shoes to one of Hollywood’s shortest celebrities or to shine the shoes of a Derby-hatted father of a future President of the United States. It is not a remarkable achievement to reflect, to recall or to have memories that are treasured. But to tell them with literary aplomb, to recall the events that happened nearly seventy-five years ago with utmost clarity is definitely an admirable achievement and should be cherished not only by the kin who follow Mr. Humber but by those who might like to imitate what he has monumentally achieved in Dad’s Best Memories and Recollections.
Book Synopsis Southern and Isle of Wight Railways by : Brian Reading
Download or read book Southern and Isle of Wight Railways written by Brian Reading and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning previously unpublished images documenting the end of steam in London, the South and South West.
Book Synopsis The South Western Railway Companion, Containing a ... Description of Everything Worthy of Attention on the Line ... With Guides to Southampton and the Isle of Wight; and a Map, Etc by : Arthur Freeling
Download or read book The South Western Railway Companion, Containing a ... Description of Everything Worthy of Attention on the Line ... With Guides to Southampton and the Isle of Wight; and a Map, Etc written by Arthur Freeling and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Isle of Wight Railways: A New History by : Richard Long
Download or read book Isle of Wight Railways: A New History written by Richard Long and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The London and Southampton Railway Company ... With Guides to Southampton and the Isle of Wight; and a Map, Etc by : Arthur Freeling
Download or read book The London and Southampton Railway Company ... With Guides to Southampton and the Isle of Wight; and a Map, Etc written by Arthur Freeling and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Signalling and Signal Boxes Along the LB&SCR and Isle of Wight Railway Routes by : Allen Jackson
Download or read book Signalling and Signal Boxes Along the LB&SCR and Isle of Wight Railway Routes written by Allen Jackson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allen Jackson explores signalling along the LB&SCR and Isle of Wight Railway routes.
Book Synopsis Records of the Chase and Memories of Celebrated Sportsmen by : Cecil
Download or read book Records of the Chase and Memories of Celebrated Sportsmen written by Cecil and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a detailed account of English fox hunting in the nineteenth century, with information on popular locations, notable figures, important developments, and more. A fascinating insight into English fox hunting, this volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of the sport, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "The Origin of Hunting", "The First Foxhounds", "Masters and Privileges", "The Origin of Hounds", "Instinct and Foxes", "The Fame of Leicestershire", "The Shires", "Beaufort and Badminton", "Cheltenham and V.W.H.", "Sporting Shropshire", "Hampshire", "Staghounds", "Railways and Hunting", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. This volume was originally published in 1922 an is being republished now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fox hunting.
Book Synopsis The Isle of Wight by : Edward Thomas
Download or read book The Isle of Wight written by Edward Thomas and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by the great welsh poet Edward Thomas was originally published in 1911 and details his travels around The Isle of Wight. Philip Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth, London, England in 1878. His parents were Welsh migrants, and Thomas attended several schools, before ending up at St. Pauls. Thomas led a reclusive early life, and began writing as a teenager. He published his first book, The Woodland Life (1897), at the age of just nineteen. A year later, he won a history scholarship to Lincoln College, Oxford. Despite being less well-known than other World War I poets, Thomas is regarded by many critics as one of the finest.
