Railways And Recollections: 1957 – 1961 – 1963 – 1975 ( 4 book set)

Peter Townsend & John Stretton

Publisher: SILVER LINK PUBLISHING

Publication Date: 08/03/2008

Format: Paperback

Four journeys down memory lane . . .

The Railways and Recollection series is a nostalgic look at memorable events both on and off Britain’s railways. Contemporary railway photographs are accompanied by detailed captions, while news headlines from that year capture the context of the time – and stir some memories along the way!

1957: In 1957 you could still reach many places by train, including Porthcawl, and Ilfracombe! The year brought new optimism after the devastation of the Second World War and new building was increasingly under way.

1961: The start of the swinging sixties, Nuremburg Trials and the first man in space, this was also a significant year with the appointment of Dr Richard Beeching.

1963: This volume contains dramatic pictures of a year with a devastatingly bitter winter, the Beeching Report and the Great Train Robbery.

1975: Includes the opening of a new National Railway Museum in York, the demise of the diesel hydraulic ‘Hymeks’ and mind-blowing tragedies at Moorgate tube station and Nuneaton.

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