About the Book
This lovely book celebrates the heritage of Branchline Britain. It explores surviving lines, and lines no longer in use, visits preserved lines and travels on those lines long forgotten. It is both a practical guide and a look back at the lost golden age of steam. Branchline Britain takes you on a bygone journey from the South West up to the North of the British Isles. Special features along the way focus on unique parts of our railway hertiage including railway vehicles, transporting livestock, branchline staff and stations and trainspotters. The book contains an impressive array of nostalgic photographs, ephemera and memorabilia, many from the author's own, previously unpublished, collection.
Table of Contents:
Introduction; West Country; St Ives, Looe, Swanage, Minehead, Seaton, Wenford Bridge, Princeton, Lyme Regis, Bridport, Lynton and Barnstable; South; Lymington, Kent and East Sussex, RH and DLR, Westerham, All Hallows, Caine, Lambourn; East Anglia; Felixstowe, Sudbury, North Norfolk, Buntingford, Aldeburgh, Tollesbury, Eye; Midlands; Henley, Stourbridge, Wallingford, Thornbury, Tetbury, Camerton; Wales; Blaenau-Festiniog, Snowdon, Talyllyn, Newcastle-Emlyn, Porthcawl, Amlwch/Red Wharf Bay; North; Windermere, Keithley, Lakeside, Alston, Ravenglass and Eskdale, Horncastle, Grassington, Silloth, Richmond, Jedburgh; Scotland; Mallaig, Ballater, Strathpeffer, Aberfeldy; Branch Line List and Map
About the Author :
Paul Atterbury is a long-time expert on BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow, and has written on railways, Victorian culture and arts, as well as many other topics. He is also the author of Along Main Lines, An A–Z of Railways, Lost Railway Routes, Along Country Lines, Branch Line Britain, Along Lost Lines and Life Along the Line. Paul lives in Weymouth.
