 'The Summer of 2007 - Swanage Railway Galas'
An indepth look at the
two main galas held on the Swanage Railway during 2007. In May the
Railway was host to the biggest diesel gala yet which witnessed the
inclusion of four main line diesels and electro-diesels and a VEP set
coming in off the main network - D1015, 73 136, 73 208 and 47 635.
This first movement over the whole branch since the 1960s from Worgret
Junction to Swanage was a spectacle itself and is fully covered in this
programme. As well as the guest locomotives, the Railway’s Class 33,
No. 6515 Stan Symes and Class 20 D8188 entered the event which was
hailed as a great success. We have footage of the arrival and departure
of the main line ensemble and action of the locomotives over the May
weekend. Some fascinating sequences from the cab as we ride the cab of
Class 52 diesel Western Champion! |
90 minutes duration £12.95 |
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 'The Story of the Swanage Railway'
The full story of one of the UK’s
premier steam branch lines. From the first attempts to purchase the
line after closure by British Railways in 1973 to the successful
purchase of the track bed and initial services out of Swanage, we look
at the growth of the line through the highly motivated preservation
society, The Southern Steam Trust, who has led the rebuilding of the
branch line back to Corfe and Norden with a final link back to the
national network again through to Furzebrook and Wareham.
Through archive films, stills, and interviews, we look at the
Purbeck line from its British Rail days through to the eventual closure
period of the early 1970s. Happily today we still have a Swanage
branch. Our programme follows the great milestones in the preservation
project right up to date with the relaying of track through to Motala,
the reconstruction works at Harmans Cross and Corfe and the many
locomotives and operational high points since the start of steam
operations in the early 1980s. |
100 minutes duration £16.95
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 ‘Wainwright’ by W. R. Mitchell
Alfred Wainwright (1907-91)
bestrode the lonely fells of the Lake District, making notes and taking
photographs that became the raw material for a series of remarkable
Pictorial Guides. A perfectionist, he ensured that each page – art work
and text – was complete, printed without the addition of a single line
of type. Wainwright became a household name, largely through television
programmes, This slim, well-illustrated book is anecdotal rather than biographical, with snippets of interest to Wainwright fans.
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40 pages
with colour photos £5
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 ‘British Steam 2007’
This professionally filmed DVD features action
from a selection of the the many special events held on Britain’s
heritage railways every year. Highlights include... five of the LBSCR
‘Terrier’ tank engines at work on the Bluebell Railway... Lord Nelson,
Princess Elizabeth & Leander at the East Lancs Railway Winter Gala... a
spectacular performance by special guest Pitchford Hall at the Keighley
& Worth Valley Railway’s Winter Gala... fourteen steam locomotives at
work during the big Spring Gala on the West Somerset Railway, including
newly restored SR West Country Class Wadebridge... the superb ‘Cotswold
Festival of Steam’ on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway,
featuring six locos including LNER V2 Green Arrow... the 40th
anniversary of the end of steam on the Southern, commemorated in style
on the Mid Hants Railway, including the launch of newly restored
streamlined LNER A4 Bittern... some delightful Great Western branch
line scenes on the South Devon Railway, and the sight of double-headed
Pannier tanks and Beattie Well Tanks at the ‘Cornish Steam Gala’ on the
Bodmin & Wenford Railway. Plus, there are footplate sequences filmed on
the West Somerset and the North Yorkshire Moors Railways - and more -
all filmed in widescreen! |
100 minutes duration £14.99 |
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 QE2 A Ship For All Seasons by David F. Hutchings
Celebrate the liner's 40th anniversary of its launch with this fully illustrated history. Considered to be the most comprehensive book published about the ship, written by maritime expert, David Hutchings. An updated edition of this popular history first published in 1988. The liner's more recent modifications and refits are explained in detail by the author with many new colour and black & white photographs of Britain's most famous flagship. |
paperback
128 pages £14.95 |
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 'The Summer of '67' Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of Southern Steam By
Jeffery Grayer
Full colour book tracing the last locomotives to work on the Southern
Region during 1966 and 1967. Includes free DVD with archive films of
the last weeks and months and interviews with the last enginemen to
operate the Bulleids in those last final months of steam on the
southern. The DVD includes footage of steam specials in early July
2007, giving the full story of the commemorations 40 years on. Colour
photographs of the last trains and all classes covered in locations
from London to Weymouth. |
Paperback and
DVD for just £14.95 |
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 ‘Ribblehead Viaduct - A Celebration’
A DVD detailing the story of the great viaduct across Batty Moss on
the Settle-Carlisle Railway. A special presentation to accompany the
event which will witness members of the public walking across the
viaduct in July 2007 following a 2-week shutdown of the line for
engineering works. With the full co-operation of Network Rail and the
Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line. |
Over 40 mins duration £9.95 |
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 'Titanic Voices'
An enlarged version of a book published in the 1990s detailing the Oral History unit of Southampton's interviews with survivors, relatives and first-hand accounts of the disaster and the days following the liner's sinking. A large array of rare and unique colour photographs are included depicting examples of memorabilia in the Southampton Museum's collection.
The 328-page hardback book includes a DVD showing rare film of the Titanic and the Olympic together with sound recordings of survivors and crew aboard that fateful night of 15th April 1912. |
Hardback, 328 pages, colour and black and white photos, DVD £30 |
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 'Wild Flower Walks of Southern Lakeland' by Martin Varley
Our third volume detailing ten wild flower walks in the Southern area of the Lake District. Contains over 120 colour photographs of wild flowers to be seen in the area, plus flower index and maps.
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64 pages in full colour £7.95 |
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 Southampton and D-Day
This publication is about the role of Southampton and its
people in the long build-up to D-Day and the months that followed. It
is also about the impact on life in the Town of thousands of troops,
especially Americans in the last years of the Second World War.
Operation Overlord , launched on D-Day 6th June 1944, was the largest
military invasion in History.It contains fascinating photographs from
the collection of American Provost Marshal of the 14th Port. His widow
graciously donated them to the City Archives many years ago. |
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 The
Kingfisher Gift Voucher - A New Way of Offering
That Perfect Gift for any Occasion.
The
Kingfisher Gift Voucher can be supplied in any multiple
of £20 andf can be exchanged for any product
in our catalogue, including any of our railtours.
This provides a perfect way to give that special
present and enable the recipient to buy exactly
what he or she really wants! It may be a book, or
DVD or for one of our steam railtours over the Settle-Carlisle
line, or our new train in the South, 'The Statesman'.
Please select the amount you would like to purchase
- any difference in purchase prices will be refunded
and the recipient can add to the voucher if necessary.
The voucher is supplied in a railway greetings card
for you to wrap up as a present! |
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 'Return
to Base'
A new fine print
by Barry Freeman featuring Bulleid Pacific No.34067
Tangmere and the Wessex Train set of coaches.
It is pictured in West Sussex close to the Tangmere
air base. Print measurement is 27"x20"
and is signed by the artist. A wonderful present
idea.
Also available from this painting are mouse mats,
set of 4 coasters and a glass kitchen cutting
board.
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Return
to Base print - Just £30 |
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Return to
Base mouse mat- Just £6.50 |
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Return to
Base set of 4 coasters - Just £7.95 |
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Return
to Base glass kitchen
cutting board - Just £13.50 |
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