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January 17, 2019
For over 130 years the steam locomotive dominated Britain’s mainline railways. It seemed that almost every little boy (and some little girls, too) wanted to be an engine driver. Thanks to the railway preservation movement (thanks to the efforts at Tal-Y-Llyn in Wales and Middleton in Yorkshire) the dream of being an engine driver can be fulfilled ...
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January 14, 2019
This is a short insight into the story behind the publication of my book, John Henry Spree’s Nottinghamshire. I am sure that, in common with many others who have written similar books, I later found postcards that I would have liked to have included in the book so I have taken the opportunity to show some of these here. The Weir at Gunthorpe. (A ...
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January 11, 2019
Unravelling the myths Rocket, Sans Pareil and Novelty as depicted (to the same scale) by the Mechanics' Magazine in October 1829. (The Rainhill Trials, Amberley Publishing) As Anthony Coulls has written in the foreword, the story of the Rainhill Trials is rather like the story of Genesis in the Bible. A familiar tale, one that has often been told, ...
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January 19 Events
View our upcoming events in January which includes book signings and a talks for Silk and the Sword and Wakefield in 50 Buildings.
March 19 Events
View our upcoming events in March which includes a book signing and talk for Silk and the Sword.
Paul Hurley and Len Morga
