 | BOURNVILLE - STEAM AND CHOCOLATE - 1992, Reprinted 1996
by Mike Hitches
ISBN 978-1-871608-31-1
Book 215mm x 273mm, Softback 32 Pages 20+ B&W Photographs
Publisher: Irwell Press
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| | Bournville is world-renowned both for chocolate from Cadbury's factory and a great social experiment that was to revolutionise the type of housing built for 'working class' people. What is little known, is the part that the siting of the railway and little station played in this story. Without these two, it is very unlikely that any of these developments would have taken place. The railways were central to the rapid transport of raw materials and finished products. Any plans for a factory at a given location would depend on the proximity of suitable railway connections. Contents:
- Introduction
- The Birmingham And Gloucester Railway
- The Birmingham West Suburban Line
- Early Years At Bournville Station
- Cadbury and the Bournville Village
- First Years of The Twentieth Century
- The Works Railway
- The Grouping Years
- World War II and Nationalisation
- Bournville Engine Shed
- The Fifties
- Recession
- Acknowledgements
Continent: Europe
Country: UK
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