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Odd Corners of the Southern
In this new book Alan Postlethwaite has brought together a fascinating collection of facts and photographs to shed new light on the long history of the Southern Region of BR and its predecessors. The age of Southern steam was made of more than locomotives and trains- it also consisted of rolling stock, paperwork and all the infrastructure of a complex transport system. The book aims to illustrate these often overlooked aspects of the railway, as observed during the 1950s and the 1960s but with origins identified as early as the mid-nineteenth century. It covers the whole of the Southern area, from Kent to Cornwall, including the Isle of Wight and a selection of closed lines and stations. It also features rare and commonplace examples of station architecture, yards, sheds, signal-boxes, trackwork, bridges, coaches, wagons, electrification, signs, lamps, maps, tickets and notices, as well as railwaymen and their work. The author has drawn upon many untapped sorces and uncovers many aspects of the Southern which have been ignored in other works. This is entertaining and informative reading for anyone keen to unravel the background of the Southern and its predecessors.
The Last Days of Steam on the Southern
A photographic tour around the old LSWR, when most of the services were still steam-operated, from tiny Victorian tank engines to the might of the BR standard designs, providing an evocative picture of the railway, its trains and people during the final decade of steam.
Odd Corners of the Southern
The author presents a collection of facts and photographs to shed light on the long history of the Southern Region of BR and its predecessors. The age of Southern steam was made of more than locomotives and trains - it also consisted of rolling stock, paperwork and all the infrastructure of a complex transport system. The book aims to illustrate these often overlooked aspects of the railway, as observed during the 1950s and 1960s but with origins identified as early as the mid-19th century. It covers the whole of the Southern area, from Kent to Cornwall, including the Isle of Wight and a selection of closed lines and stations. The book features rare and commonplace examples of station architecture, yards, sheds, signal types, signal-boxes, trackwork, bridges, coaches, wagons, electrification, signs, lamps, maps, tickets and notices, as well as ordinary railwaymen and their work.
A Spectacle of Dust
Vibrant and candid memoirs of the late, great British character actor, Pete Postlethwaite. After training as a teacher, Pete Postlethwaite started his acting career at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre where his colleagues included Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Antony Sher and Julie Walters. After routine early appearances in small parts for television programmes such as THE PROFESSIONALS, Postlethwaite's first success came with the acclaimed British film DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES in 1988. He then received an Academy Award nomination for his role in THE NAME OF THE FATHER in 1993. His performance as the mysterious lawyer "Kobayashi" in THE USUAL SUSPECTS is well-known, and he appeared in many s...
Understanding Alan Bennett
A study of the actor, director, playwright and lyricist, Alan Bennett. Peter Wolfe demonstrates that Alan Bennett's success in many spheres was no fluke, and his theatrical eminence has always been accompanied by awards and professional recognition. His play Single Spies won the Oliver Award as England's Best Comedy in 1989. The casts of his plays, starting with Forty Years On in 1968, have included such luminaries as Sir John Gielgud, Sir Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Alan Bates and Daniel Day Lewis. His screenwriting earned The Madness of King George a nomination for an Academy Award. This book seeks to illuminate the writer whose instinct for artistic choices has helped him to succeed on his own terms.
Walking With Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman, known as Alan Rickman, was born on February 21, 1946. He was a known actor as well as a director. He has played several roles in many films and has established a successful career. He is a true example that can truly inspire us to not give up, as life shows us to move on. No matter what, nothing can stop you from being you. Alan Rickman had a private life; unfortunately, we lost Rickman to pancreatic cancer. He never let the media cover his disease, and even after being diagnosed, he still went for his shoots. Only his close friends and family knew about his disease. He met his life partner Rima when they were teenagers, but he did not marry her; they lived their best lives until death parted them. After 47 years of togetherness, they finally decided to get married in 2015 after discovering Rickman’s disease. He has done many notable works and wrote a diary with the intention of helping many. He was always involved in politics and wrote the final verse of "Dairy," which was dedicated to helping university students raise funds in order to help the refugees.
The Last Days of Steam on the Southern
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was one of three major companies which were grouped in 1923 to form the Southern Railway. It served virtually the whole of Sussex and Surrey, much of south London and part of Hampshire; commuting to London, holiday excursions and cross-Channel traffic were important elements of its business. The Brighton was also a joint operator of the Isle of Wight ferry service from Portsmouth to Ryde, where two local railway companies, the IOW and the IOW Central, operated the island trains. In 1958 most of the secondary and branch line services of the LBSCR and IOW lines were still steam-hauled. Vintage locomotives and carriages from the pre-grouping era coul...
Technological Innovation, Globalization and the Cold War
This volume focuses on the interconnections between the Cold War, technological innovation and globalization. Although the consequences of globalization have received ample attention in both academia and the public discourse, only limited attention has so far been given to the factors that instigated various waves of this process. This holds particularly true for the period following World War II, during which a struggle between the two global blocs fanned not only technological innovations but also their transfer. This volume is dedicated to examining the links between the Cold War and this phase in the history of globalization, a phase that gradually made the world—despite high levels of...
