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    Series series Through Time
    Christchurch Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Christchurch, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this town throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, readers can see the ... Read more

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    Michael Williams has spent the past year travelling along the fascinating rail byways of Britain for this new collection of journeys. Here is the 'train to the end of the world' running for more than four splendid hours through lake, loch and moorland from Inverness to Wick, the most northerly town in Britain. He discovers a perfect country branch line in London's commuterland, and travels on one ... Read more

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  • The Trains Now Departed

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    SOMETIMES you come across a lofty railway viaduct, marooned in the middle of a remote country landscape. Or a crumbling platform from some once-bustling junction buried under the buddleia. If you are lucky you might be able to follow some rusting tracks, or explore an old tunnel leading to…well, who knows where? Listen hard. Is that the wind in the undergrowth? Or the spectre of a train from a ... Read more

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  • Belles and Whistles

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    by Andrew Martin ...
    In the heroic days of rail travel, you could dine on kippers and champagne aboard the Brighton Belle; smoke a post-prandial cigar as the Golden Arrow closed in on Paris, or be shaved by the Flying Scotsman's on-board barber. Everyone from schoolboys to socialites knew of these glamorous 'named trains' and aspired to ride aboard them.In Belles and Whistles, Andrew Martin recreates these famous ... Read more

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  • Scarborough At A Glance

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    In my misguided imagination, I had pictured Scarborough to be no more than a steep cliff overlooking a pleasant bay, with a couple of streets of neat houses that led to open countryside. Scarborough is in reality, very extensive, with row upon row of very tidy, yellow-brick, Victorian and Edwardian houses, that either lead to the town centre or one of two handsome bays.  All in all, whatever ... Read more

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  • Amusement Park Rides

    Series Book 693 - Shire Library
    A ride on a rollercoaster is the highlight of any trip to an amusement or theme park, and such attractions have been entertaining the public for well over a century.From the first mass-produced rollercoaster, the Switchback Railway, through to the giant wooden coasters of the inter-war period, seaside historian Martin Easdown uses historic postcards and photographs to chart their development and ... Read more

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  • Farnborough Through Time

    by Jo Gosney ...
    Series series Through Time
    Farnborough Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Farnborough, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this area throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, readers can see the ... Read more

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    Andrew Bowden was unemployed and getting tired. Tired of looking for jobs. Tired of thinking about what to say for interviews. Tired of visiting the Job Centre to justify why they should give him some money. Tired of sitting in front of the computer all day waiting for that elusive offer of gainful employment to appear. Tired. So very tired. And that was just after three weeks of doing it.So, in ... Read more

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    The City of Newcastle is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne. It is thought that the city has had almost 2,000 years of continuous habitation, dating as far back as Roman times. By the eighteenth century, Newcastle was the most important city in the North East, and it continues to be a thriving and populous centre to this day. This is the second collection of images from John Carlson and ... Read more

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    by Jeffery Pain ...
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    Southampton History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. This is an exciting guided walk around the city, its well-known streets and famous faces, and explains what they meant to the people of this city throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and watch the changing face of Southampton ... Read more

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  • Esk Valley Railway Through Time

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    The Esk Valley Railway is certainly one of the best railway journeys in the North of England, and could be considered far more picturesque than the more famed North York Moors Railway. It passes through woods, valleys, pasture, agricultural plain, moorland and industrial landscape; whereas the North York Moors Railway rumbles its way through the heavily-wooded Newton Dale with almost no view ... Read more

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  • Bournemouth At A Glance

    by John Brown ...
    Bournemouth has an easy and relaxed feel to it, the mixture of fine buildings, colourful parks and its glorious beaches, ensure Bournemouth is still one of the south coast’s premier destinations. There is certainly no shortage of things to see and do, in and around Bournemouth. As you descend into Bournemouth from any of its many approaches (it sits in a valley or chine), you immediately feel ... Read more

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