Aviation, MilitaryThis is the story of the first military aviation facility in Ireland: the Royal Naval Air Service airships which patrolled the waters between Ireland and Scotland during the 1st World war combating the German U-Boast menace. This is also an important piece of local history as the airships flew from ... | |
RailwaysAlong UTA Lines is a picture album which gives a detailed portrait of the infrastructure of the railway network in Northern Ireland a few years before the creation of NIR. The book features many of the buildings, bridges and signalling systems which were swept away in the modernisation of the 1980s ... | |
Aviation, MilitaryThe story of army aviation in Ulster dates back to September 1913 when Captain George Dawes of the Royal Flying Corps landed on the beach at Newcastle, co Down. This book begins with an account of that historic occasion and continues with a brief history of army aviation dating back to 1878. It ... | |
BusesThis highly unusual book portrays aspects of life in Northern Ireland in the immediate post-war years. The themes are transport related and include street scenes in Belfast, the UTA stand at the Balmoral Show, passengers travelling by train and bus, air services from Nutts Corner, heavy haulage by ... | |
RailwaysThis is a book about a dream - a dream that started with one man in 1982. Between these covers, Gerry Cochrane describes how his idea of restoring the railways in the Downpatrick area was gradually turned into reality, with the hard work of the many volunteers who, over the years, caught the vision ... | |
Aviation, MilitaryAlfie Martin was born at Finaghy, Belfast in 1920. In 1938, like many young men at that time, he was hit by a feeling of patriotism. Forbidden by his mother from joining the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 'it was too dangerous!' in January 1939 he instead joined the Antrim Fortress Company, ... | |
RailwaysA must for anyone with an interest in Railways as well as all those with childhood memories of summer day train journeys to and from Belfast and the country towns and seaside of County Down. The Belfast and County Down Railway connected the City to, among other places, Bangor, Newtownards, ... | |
Buses, Road VehiclesUlsterbus and its striking blue and ivory livery has become a potent symbol of Northern Ireland over the years to many people in Britain. This book by G Irvine Millar, recently retired Inspector General of Ulsterbus, is the fourth in Colourpoint's Buses in Ulster series. It takes the story of ... From the series Buses in Ulster | |
Buses, Road VehiclesIn this long-awaited addition to the Buses in Ulster series, Will Hughes looks at Belfast's red buses from the takeover in 1973 to the retirement of Managing Director Werner Heubeck in 1988. This was a difficult period for the new company, with many vehicles maliciously destroyed and passenger ... From the series Buses in Ulster | |
Maritime, Road VehiclesIn the pages of this book Justin Merrigan looks at the story of the Irish Sea car ferry since 1954. His research has uncovered much information and every ship is illustrated. However Ro/Ro/ freight ships are outside the boundaries of this title but as RoPax vessels are the modern day development of ... | |
RailwaysThe Clogher Valley Railway served the people of the Valley faithfully for over half a century, providing a means to access wider markets and reach far-flung places. Limited in speed by being a roadside tramway, its demise was a foregone conclusion in an era of modern transport yet the line is still ... | |
Trams, Road VehiclesNo 3 in the Colourpoint Transport Series. This colourful book features the only corporation-owned horse tramway in the world. The diversity of the liveries and the charm of the venerable tramcars are extensively illustrated. The author betrays a genuine affection for his subject and, unusually, ... | |
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