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This book offers a winning mix of railway and social history, all brought to life by wonderful photographs and illustrations, many never seen before.It features long-lost tiny rural stations and halts, as well as those that still serve bustling market towns and big cities.It shows the stations themselves, and fascinating photographs of the people who inhabited them, such as stationmasters, signalmen and the passengers, from businessmen to families.It includes an insight into areas such as station advertising and toy stations - topics that capture the imagination and our sense of fun.A variety of special feature spreads include: stations and animals, great disasters, station clocks, gardens, station art and stations in films.Each chapter also includes a 'Wish You Were Here!' spread displaying old postcards of the stations.
About the Author
Paul Atterbury is a long-time expert on BBC TV's Antiques Roadshow, and has written on railways, Victorian culture and arts, as well as other topics. He lives in a converted railway carriage in Dorset.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
A wonderful book, as are all of Paul Atterbury's, but this paperback version is the same as the hardback version inside and just the cover photograph is different. So don't be deceived and buy it twice.
The text is fascinating, the photographs and pictures are excellent quality. A thoroughly lovely book to own and browse through.
This is one of those books to pick up instead of watching the gloomy news!
The text is fascinating, the photographs and pictures are excellent quality. A thoroughly lovely book to own and browse through.
This is one of those books to pick up instead of watching the gloomy news!
An interesting book with many photographs of branchline stations and trains. I found Mr Atterbury's style makes for very easy and interesting reading.
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I bought this book as a gift for a friend who has helped me a great deal in researching my family tree. I found out he was interested in railways and used to work on them before retirement. I had a quick glance through the book and I too thought it was interesting. The next week I saw him after having given the book to him, he told me it was a really good read and brought back a lot of memories. The photographs were good too - a book to be recommended.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Railway enthusiast!
Birthday present for my husband. Well recommended for nostalgia as well as enthusiasts!
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by M. E. CLARK
Nice photos.....
I thought this was a suitable title for my father, a train enthusiast and avid reader of railway reminiscences, but it offers no more than a skimming of subjects plus lots of... Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2009 by Ms. J. C. Simon
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