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, ...Keywords: bale, alfie, martin, finaghy, belfast, patriotism, forbidden, mother, volunteer, antrim, fortress, army, belfast, kilroot, helen, magilligan, squadron, pocklington, yorkshire, halifax, bomber, hr663, french-belgian, escape, alfie, martin | |
RailwaysThis book tells for the first time the definitive history of this innovative 15-inch-gauge railway on the Blakesley estate in rural Northamptonshire and the Victorian transport engineering family that created it. The Bartholomew family, although almost unknown today, represented a waterway and ...Keywords: blakesley, bartholoew, 15-inch-gauge, blakesley, northamptonshire, victorian, bartholomew, waterway, yorkshire, bartholomew, waterway, blakesley, squire, bartholomew, state-of-the-art, america, germany, cagney, heywood, squire, in-house, petrol, steam-outline, squire, death, sussex, fraud, court, spinster, bogie, tebb, blakesley, bartholomew, bartholomew, blakesley, sows, seed, indian, dispersal, saga, blacolvesley, blakesley | |
RailwaysThe story of the development of steam traction on the East Coast Route must be one of the best known and documented stories in steam locomotive history, if not the best. The rapid enlargement of steam locomotives under the leadership of Henry Ivatt was followed by the long tenure of Nigel Gresley, ... From the series Book Of TheKeywords: pacifics, henry, ivatt, tenure, gresley, pacifics, coster, salient, gresley, pacifics, gresley, pacifics, lner, coster, fortune, coster | |
Buses, Road VehiclesThe illustrations are comprehensive, beginning with the enterprise and enthusiasm of 1911, through perseverance to a modern well equipped system of a great city. Trolleybuses served faithfully all those years, carrying millions of citizens in comfort and silence on home produced power. Of all the ... From the series Trolleybus ClassicsKeywords: bradford, bradford, trolleybus, yorkshire | |
RailwaysIn this video, some of North Yorkshire's long lost Country Branchlines are looked at, the main feature being a ride on the daily Pickup goods train from Malton to Whitby on the l6th March 1965. We begin by following a Class J27 freight loco on the last operational Pickup goods from Malton to ... From the series Marsden RailKeywords: brakevan, whitby, yorkshire, pickup, malton, whitby, l6th, pickup, malton, pilmoor, coxwold, pickup, malton, whitby, york, winter, whitby, scarborough, coastline, scarborough, marsden, yorkshire | |
Road VehiclesIn the Latest Nostalgia Road book Ian Stringer ALA, looks at the development of the mobile library from the earliest horse drawn vehicle to the hi-tech vehicles of the 1990s. Ian has worked with mobile libraries in four different Local Authorities in Yorkshire as both librarian and driver over a ... From the series Nostalgia RoadKeywords: horse, hi-tech, yorkshire, librarian, mobilemeet, gather, ljubljana, derry, helsinki, ohio, lancashire, solihull | |
Buses, Road VehiclesThis unique new title features all the biggest and best events in the British Bus enthusiast's year! Restorations, museum events, special anniversaries, bus preservation rallies and reports on city bus fleets - they're all here! This year's volume naturally includes the celebrations for the ...Keywords: routemaster, liverpool, cardiff, bournemouth, edinburgh, middlesbrough, wakefield, birmingham, birmingham, sheffield, keighley, tramway, crich | |
RailwaysAlthough the origins of the railways lay with the need to transport goods, it was not long before the early companies realised that there was considerable additional revenue to be had in passengers traffic. The station and the facilities it provided, became an important part of the individual ...Keywords: mid-1830s, pancras, austere, classicism, birmingham, curzon, huddersfield, layer, heritage, urban, termini, hendry, victorian, noon | |
Buses, Road VehiclesIt is now 30 years since the last trolleybus operated on Britain's streets and this vivid colour album examines all the various operators from the early 1950s through to the demise of Britain's final system in Bradford, which closed its doors in March 1972. High quality photographs, all of which ...Keywords: trolleybus, bradford, glasgow, scotland, brighton, portsmouth, long-lost, mccormack | |
Buses, Road VehiclesThe 16th annual review of the UK bus scene, this edition for the happenings in the year 2000.Keywords: scotland, transbus, firstgroup, scania, round-up, arriva, volvo, b10m, stagecoach, optare, wright, fray, yorkshire, school, olympian | |
Buses, Road VehiclesIn 1883, Huddersfield Corporation became the first Municipal undertaking in the world to operate its own tramway services as a public transport system. As the years went by, the tram system grew to serve the outlying districts, and in 1913 the Corporation obtained powers to run motorbus services, ... From the series Buses In ColourKeywords: huddersfield, huddersfield, municipal, tramway, tram, motorbus, trolley, tramway, huddersfield, omnibus, scottish, trolley, hjoc, yorkshire, berry, huddersfield, omnibus, baddeley, huddersfield | |
Buses, Road VehiclesWith its focus on the mid-1970s, this book surveys the British bus scene during a decade when the remaining half-cabs and conductors were fast disappearing under the spread of one-man operation, National Bus Company livery was replacing many long-established colour schemes and the influence of the ...Keywords: mid-1970s, half-cabs, one-man, forword, scotland, yorkshire, anglia | |
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