As most of us are not able in current circumstances to get out to browse round bookshops you might like to know about some recent books from The History Press I have come across.
The End of the Line: The Last Ten Years at Swindon Works by Ron Bateman. The History Press. Paperback. 208pp. ISBN 978 0 7509 9312 8 - £16.99
Steam In the 1950s: The Railway Photographs of Robert Butterfield by Brian J Dickson. The History Press, Paperback. 120pp. ISBN 978 0 7509 9370 8 - £20.00
Early & First Generation Green Diesels in Photographs by Brian J Dickson. The History Press. Hardback. 128pp. ISBN 978 0 7509 9265 7 - £20.00
The books are available from the usual on-line retailers if you are not able to visit a bookshop personally. Are any open?
New Books
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RichardHC
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Re: New Books
OK, not a book about Wales or Welsh Railways but still an interesting book by a well known author on transport subjects:
Railways, Ports and Resorts of Morecambe Bay including the Ulverston Canal by Gordon Biddle. Softback. 64pp. 245 x 170mm. 59 illustrations including 21 in colour. ISBN 978 0 90146168 1. £10.00
Railways transformed Morecambe Bay, creating the industrial town of Barrow, the resorts of Grange-over-Sands and Morecambe, and culminating in the new deep-water port at Heysham in 1896. This book looks at these achievements as well as a long and fascinating pedigree, beginning with perilous foot crossings of the bay which for centuries formed the main route to Furness.
Special attention is given to the now forgotten ports of Milnthorpe, Greenodd and Ulverston – the last with its ship canal – and their role in the area’s principal trading route. A final chapter focuses on viaducts across the rivers Leven, Kent and Beela, the first two now the two most prominent features of the bay. There is a profuse selection of illustrations, many of which portray structures still surviving from a former heyday.
Gordon Biddle has written fourteen books on railway civil engineering and architecture as well as inland waterways. He is a founder member of the RCHS, its first secretary, and now a vice-president. He lives at Silverdale, overlooking Morecambe Bay.
Published by the Railway & Canal Historical Society. Order from your local bookseller or:
https://rchs.org.uk/product/railways-po ... ton-canal/
Railways, Ports and Resorts of Morecambe Bay including the Ulverston Canal by Gordon Biddle. Softback. 64pp. 245 x 170mm. 59 illustrations including 21 in colour. ISBN 978 0 90146168 1. £10.00
Railways transformed Morecambe Bay, creating the industrial town of Barrow, the resorts of Grange-over-Sands and Morecambe, and culminating in the new deep-water port at Heysham in 1896. This book looks at these achievements as well as a long and fascinating pedigree, beginning with perilous foot crossings of the bay which for centuries formed the main route to Furness.
Special attention is given to the now forgotten ports of Milnthorpe, Greenodd and Ulverston – the last with its ship canal – and their role in the area’s principal trading route. A final chapter focuses on viaducts across the rivers Leven, Kent and Beela, the first two now the two most prominent features of the bay. There is a profuse selection of illustrations, many of which portray structures still surviving from a former heyday.
Gordon Biddle has written fourteen books on railway civil engineering and architecture as well as inland waterways. He is a founder member of the RCHS, its first secretary, and now a vice-president. He lives at Silverdale, overlooking Morecambe Bay.
Published by the Railway & Canal Historical Society. Order from your local bookseller or:
https://rchs.org.uk/product/railways-po ... ton-canal/
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RichardHC
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Re: New Books
I have just come across another recent publication that members might have missed due to the lockdown
West Wales Railways: LLANELLY WEST TO CARMARTHEN by John Hodge, Published by Pen and Sword, 192 pages, 255 illustrations, ISBN 978 1 52676 248 1, £30.00.
Llanelly West to Carmarthen is the latest addition to the ongoing series about railways in West Wales, by railway historian John Hodge. This time John looks at the history of the lines in West Wales, between the locations in the title, taking into account the history of the local industries that were a feature of this area. The book covers each station and main location along the route, with good photographic coverage and interesting long captions explaining their significance.
West Wales Railways: LLANELLY WEST TO CARMARTHEN by John Hodge, Published by Pen and Sword, 192 pages, 255 illustrations, ISBN 978 1 52676 248 1, £30.00.
Llanelly West to Carmarthen is the latest addition to the ongoing series about railways in West Wales, by railway historian John Hodge. This time John looks at the history of the lines in West Wales, between the locations in the title, taking into account the history of the local industries that were a feature of this area. The book covers each station and main location along the route, with good photographic coverage and interesting long captions explaining their significance.