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The Great Central Railway
“Sets out to address what really happened . . . through its LNER days and into British Railways custodianship . . . A well-researched and presented tome.” —Key Model World For generations of railway enthusiasts and more lately for social historians, the life and times of the former Great Central Railway and in particular its extension towards London in the 1890s and closure seventy years later, have generated considerable interest and controversy. Although many books have been written about the Railway, the majority in recent times have concentrated upon providing a photographic record and a nostalgic look in retrospect to what was generally perceived as happier times for the route. No...
West Coast Main Lines, 1957–1963
Throughout its length from London to Glasgow via Crewe and Carlisle, with a loop through the West Midlands and spurs to Holyhead,Liverpool and Manchester, the West Coast Main Line has consistently provided interest for those many with more than a passing interest in trains and travel. This book outlines the history of the route,its physical characteristics and sets the scene for the various passenger and goods traffic flows that sustained it; it then details the arrangements for motive power and train working through the era of change that was 1957 to 1963. The level of interest - as evidenced daily by the presence at the lineside of hordes of young spotters and other observers - was particu...
Millennium Eyewitness
Presents over 250 eyewitness accounts of historical events that have taken place over the course of the second millennium.
Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country
The history of British Railways in the late 1950s/early 1960s is characterized by change; massive change, as its management attempted to meet statutory obligations against a background of social, economic and political influences. The Modernisation Plan of 1955 paved the way for the electrification of the route from Manchester to London Euston, with a consequential effect of the Midland route services via Derby needing to be enhanced and improved. That eventually resulted in the arrival of class 7 steam motive power and later also benefitted the cross country Midland route. This book details, year by year, the changes that took place and provides an insight into the reasons why decisions wer...
Advice to a Son
Advice to a Son was written in 1694 by a 52 year old Yorkshireman called Nathaniel Bladen for his 14 year old son who was about to leave home to pursue his education. This previously unpublished manuscript gave the young man guidance on his studies, religion, marriage, money and business, as well as passing on the father's experience of dealing with people and advice on how the young man should conduct himself in 17th century England.
Lessons in Love at the Cornish Country Hospital
Preorder the BRAND NEW instalment in the Cornish Country Hospital series from top 20 bestseller Jo Bartlett! A broken bond... Wendy Tyler’s marriage ended when she discovered her ex-husband, Mike, had got his much younger new partner, Chloe, pregnant. Wendy’s over Mike, but suddenly she fears her own daughters will find a new baby much more exciting that their old mum... A chance encounter... But when Wendy bumps into Chloe at St Piran’s, it’s clear something is troubling the fragile young woman. Wendy doesn’t want to be sucked into Chloe and Mike’s relationship, but she can’t help worrying that Chloe needs someone to turn to. A lesson in love. And when Wendy realizes that Chlo...
Frances of Scarthingwell
'Frances of Scarthingwell' is an account of the turbulent life of Frances Bladen, a Protestant woman who married William Hammond of Scarthingwell, the eldest son and heir of a leading Yorkshire Catholic family. In the last years of the 17th century, not long after the Popish Plot and the exclusion crisis had exposed deep rooted suspicions of Catholics, there were many obstacles and prejudices to mixed marriages. Religion, however, was only one of the difficulties Frances faced as her husband's profligate lifestyle and the complete breakdown of his family relations presented Herculean challenges.
Martin Bladen
Martin Bladen was brought into politics on the patronage of Sir Robert Walpole. From a powerful position at the Board of Trade, he held an idyllic vision of harmonious colonists obedient to the Crown's authority, contributing to the mother country's economy but willing to confederate amongst themselves for their own common defence under a unitary leader and, if necessary, to answer the Crown's call to arms if Britain was at war. Both Walpole and Newcastle's doctrine of "wise and salutary neglect" hampered that vision and, what might be termed "Bladenite" policies riled colonists, particularly in America. All the elements that eventually led to the American Revolution were all manifesting themselves during his time in office and Bladen had a part to play in shaping history. This biography of Colonel Bladen brings his life-story up to date, using some previously unpublished material.
1636
A Yorkshire lawyer called John Bladen produced a tract called 'Miscellaneous Observations of the Principal Matters in the Court and State as they consist at this present, August 1636'. Bladen's 'Observation' evaluated the state-of-the-realm in 1636 to encourage discourse of the Establishment, resources of the country, its strengths and the merits of two of the most powerful men of the time. This previously unpublished piece of work has been transcribed in this short book as it produces an interesting account of the able men, armaments and shipping which could be mustered in the prelude to the English Civil War.
