The Hidden Railways of Portsmouth and Gosport

The Hidden Railways of Portsmouth and Gosport PDF Author: Dave Marden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781905505227
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This text looks at the lines around Portsmouth Harbour that were operated mainly by the Admiralty and the Military, far from the public gaze. It brings together data, illustrations and potted histories to give an insight into the locations and operation of these concealed railways.

Portsmouth

Portsmouth PDF Author: Michael G. Harvey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857941043
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description


The Hidden Places of England

The Hidden Places of England PDF Author: Peter Long
Publisher: Travel Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781904434122
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 684

Book Description
England's landscape is as diverse as its culture. It is a country with magnificent landscapes. This guide looks at the more established places of interest throughout the country, but it also focuses on the more secluded and little known visitor attractions and places to stay, eat and drink.

Fareham Revisited

Fareham Revisited PDF Author: Michael Stephenson
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1909183938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Fareham Revisited started out as a poem, which Michael Stephenson was inspired to write when he was reflecting on how much his home town had changed since the 1950s and 1960s. The poem and its sentiments struck a chord with so many people that he decided to write a book about Fareham that would evoke more of these memories. The book was privately published in 2004. This new revised and expanded edition will delight anyone who remembers the town in its heyday - and will also intrigue newcomers. Part-memoir and part-history, Fareham Revisited perfectly captures the allure of the shops and cafés along the ‘Golden Mile', the alleyways or ‘drokes', the old cottages, the market with its livestock, the coal barges at the Quay and the well-known characters, including dairy boss Tom Parker who drove around Fareham in a four-horse-power carriage, though his milkmen still used the horse-and-cart. For bus and railway enthusiasts this, too, is the perfect book, as the author casts an expert eye on the bus companies that plied their trade in Fareham, with their distinctive livery, and remembers the last days of steam trains, of which he had a privileged view, as the house in which his family lived was next to the railway line.

Historic England: Southampton

Historic England: Southampton PDF Author: Dave Marden
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144568246X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
This illustrated history portrays one of England's finest cities - Southampton. Using photographs taken from the unique Historic England Archive.

Thomas Ellis Owen

Thomas Ellis Owen PDF Author: Sue Pike
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780956249869
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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Bradshaw’s Handbook

Bradshaw’s Handbook PDF Author: George Bradshaw
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1908402458
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1086

Book Description
Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. This is a facsimile of the actual book – often referred to as 'Bradshaw's Guide' – that inspired the 'Great British Railway Journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. It is an exact copy with a removable belly-band.

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States PDF Author: Frederick Law Olmsted
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Enslaved persons
Languages : en
Pages : 756

Book Description
Examines the economy and it's impact of slavery on the coast land slave states pre-Civil War.

A Yacht Voyage Round England

A Yacht Voyage Round England PDF Author: W.H.G Kingston
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752318538
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
Reproduction of the original: A Yacht Voyage Round England by W.H.G Kingston

Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward

Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward PDF Author: Samuel Smiles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naturalists
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description