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Norwich to Great Yarmouth and return Cab Ride
£17.95This Cab Ride was recorded from the cab of an Anglia Railways Class 150 departing from Norwich at 11.50 on 20th August 2001. The journey takes us from […]
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Norwich to Liverpool Street – London Cab Ride DVD
£17.95Norwich to Liverpool Street London Filmed aboard an Anglia Railways Class 86 238. Departure from Norwich was from Platform 5 at 14.40, arriving at Liverpool Street […]
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Norwich to Lowestoft Cab Ride
£17.95Norwich to Lowestoft and Return
Filmed on 20th August 2001, this Anglia Railways service
will depart from Norwich aboard No. 150229 for its passenger
service to Lowestoft and return.
We run through Brundall Gardens and call at Brundall and onto
Buckenham and Cantley with our next call at Reedham. We then
cross the first of two swing bridges in this Norfolk Broads area.
First is Reedham Swing Bridge wth views over the magnificent
broads countryside. Before we cross the next swing bridge at
Somerleyton, we call at Haddiscoe.
We make our way to Oulton Broad North and over the North
Junction and pass the Lowestoft Signal Box before pulling into
Platform 3.
We make a return to Norwich via the same route.
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Norwich to Sheringham via Cromer Cab Ride
£17.95This Cab Ride was recorded from the cab of an Anglia Railways Sprinter 150257 on 13th August 2001 departing from Norwich at 11.53 and bound for Sheringham. At […]
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Nowts Same
£9.99‘Nowt’s Same –
A Light-hearted review of Dales Life in the 20th Century’
Dales life is recalled through folks tales and much humour. In 1900, women showed little more than their ankles to the gaze of the opposite sex.
A prudish Dales housewife covered the bare legs of the living room table on Sundays. Ninety-nine years later, members of the Rylstone Women’s institute felt able to raise money for charity by posing unclad, for a calendar. In Grandma’s day, chests were rubbed with goose grease and working-class folk were often in ‘right pickle’.
136 pages with illustrations by Richard Bancroft – £9.99
W. R. Mitchell
W.R. ‘Bill’ Mitchell joined the Dalesman magazine in 1949, starting a journalistic career inspired by owner Harry Scott’s adage ‘put people before things.’ He took over as editor from Scott in 1968, a position he held for eighteen years. As well as editing Dalesman and its sister publication Cumbria, Bill had a prodigious output extending across over two hundred books, innumerable articles and countless lectures. His thirst for knowledge and a keen listening ear made him an expert on many topics. He had the skill of putting often-reticent Dales folk at their ease, his interviews reflecting a bygone age and remaining for posterity in the W.R. Mitchell Archive.
In 1996 Bill was awarded the MBE for his services to journalism in Yorkshire and Cumbria and received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the university of Bradford. In 2007 he was awarded a Golden Eagle Award from the Outdoor Writers’ and Photographers’ Guild which cited him as one of the founding fathers of outdoor writing. Two years later he was voted ‘Greatest Living Icon’ for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a poll to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Parks.
In 2010 he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dalesman Rural Award ceremony, receiving the award from another advocate of the countryside, John Craven. Bill’s work for Dalesman over four decades is arguably the defining feature of an illustrious career.
Bill died in 2015, aged 87.
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Paddock Wood to Hoo Jct Cab Ride
£17.95Paddock Wood to Hoo Junction Filmed from the cab on EWS Class 66038 from Paddock Wood to Hoo Junction. We start from Whirpool sidings and approach […]
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Pathe Ocean Liner Newsreels
£16.95Rare and fascinating films of Ocean Liners from the 20th century. The British Pathe collection of films is one of the largest archives. This is a […]
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Pictorial Guide to the Settle-Carlisle Railway
£3.00‘A Pictorial Guide to the Settle-Carlisle Railway’ A full colour guide to the line with maps and potted history. Over 72 photographs, mostly in full colour, […]
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Preservation Pioneers
£14.95This dvd tells the fascinating story of how our preserved locomotives were purchased from British Railways. Preservation Pioneers brings to the forefront the great achievements of […]
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Preston-Blackpool-cab-ride
£14.95Preston To Blackpool and Return We board the cab of a Virgin Trains HST No. 43078 for the 11.41 to Blackpool North and return at 13.06.It […]
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Princess Elizabeth – 6201 Dvd
£14.95Currently the only working example of the ‘Princess Royal’ Class, No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth is one of our earlier examples saved by pioneers in preservation. This […]
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Purbeck In The Past
£12.95Probably more than in any other period in history, our major towns and countryside have undergone considerable change. Fortunately, in the case of Purbeck, much of […]
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Railscene Magazine No.01 Dvd Autumn 1984
£14.95Contents: BR News: Class 150 Dmu’s – Wembley Crash – New Liveries. Cab Ride: The view from the cab of a Hastings DEMU over the line from Hastings to […]
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Railscene Magazine No.02 Dvd – Winter 1984/85
£14.95Contents: Scotrail: A view of the Forth Bridge from the cab, new liveries/logos and workings in Scotland, with 47/7s Mark 3s and Orange Strathclyde units. Also the colourful […]
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Railscene Magazine No.03 Dvd – Spring 1985
£14.95Contents: Newslines: Newcastle and Carlisle 150. Cab Ride – Exeter to Plymouth: The view from the cab along the famous South Devon main line along the […]
