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Flying Scotsman – 100th Anniversary Edition 1923 -2023 – digital version
£12.95The LNER A3 Pacific which was re-launched in January 2016 is quite probably the most famous steam locomotive in the world. Following its £4.2 million pound […]
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Fratton Locomotive Depot
£19.95by Michael Harvey Large format paperback book full of photographs and history about the depot at Fratton, Portsmouth from 1891 to 1967. 150 unpublished photographs by […]
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Geoff Holyoake, South Western Lines – Sixties Southern Dvd
£14.95A selection of archive films from the camera of Geoff Holyoake. His material covers a wealth of steam locomotive types from the South Western, including the […]
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Glasgow to London ‘Record Run’ Cab Ride
£19.95Glasgow to London ‘Record Run’ Cab Ride The complete cab ride from Glasgow Central to London’s Euston station run on 22nd September 2006. This Virgin Trains/Railway […]
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Gospel Oak to Barking Cab Ride DVD
£14.95Gospel Oak to Barking and Return Our North London Railways’s departure from Gospel Oak de parts with DMU 117701 at 16.21. Passing through the suburbs of […]
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Great Western Railway Dvd (GWR 150 Special -1835 to 1985)
£14.95This programme was made as a Souvenir Edition of the 1985 events which commemorated the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Great Western Railway in […]
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GWR 150 30th Anniversary Special
£14.952015 was the 30th anniversary of the series of events held on BR and preserved railways in 1985 marking the 150th year of the Great Western […]
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GWR Dukedog Class
£9.95‘The GWR Dukedogs’ By Richard Derry
The full class list of the much-love Dukedog Class of which only one survives, No. 9017, at the Bluebell Railway. Histories of each member of the 29-strong Class which finally came to an end in 1960. Background to the class from the Earls to the Dukedogs, work’s visits, full allocations, namings and finer details of each member’s movements are accompanied by many photographs and a special tribute to the last survivor.
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Hamble Village and its River – Download
£10.95Rare and fascinating films of the village of Hamble and its river from the 1920s through to the 1970s. We look at all aspects of village […]
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Hampshire Railway Calendar 2026
£9.95Our new calendar for 2026! The Hampshire Railway calendar 2026 includes historical scenes from all over the county. January – Winchester Chesil Station with No. 6340 […]
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Harrogate In The Past
£12.95Probably more than in any other period in history, our major towns and cities have undergone considerable change. Fortunately in the case of Harrogate, much of […]
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Hayling Billy Greetings Cards
£2.25Greetings Cards, blank inside for your own message. These cards are from a painting by the late Chris Woods, a good friend and a well respected […]
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Hayling Billy Jigsaw
£23.95No. 32650 at the Langstone Crossing A 1000-piece jigsaw from a painting by Chris Woods. This jigsaw depicts ‘Terrier’ Class No. 32650 on the Hayling Branch […]
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Hoo Junction to Wembley Yard
£17.95Hoo Junction to Wembley Yard
From the cab of EWS Class 66038 this journey was used for
crew training along the fascinating route between Hoo Junction
in Kent and Wembley Yard in West London.
A start is made by picking up a cement wagon from the siding
before proceeding to the No. 1 reception line and picking up a
further nine cargo wagons. Our route will take us through
Gravesend, Dartford, Crayford, Sidcup, Lee, Hither Green,
Lewisham, Nunhead, Peckham Rye, Denmark Hill, Clapham
High Street, Wandsworth Road, Factory Junction, Longhedge
Junction, Latchmere junctions 3,1 and 2 after which we cross the
River Thames at Battersea Bridge and on through Kensington
Olympia, North Pole Junction, Mitre Bridge Junction, West
London Junction and into the extensive Wembley Yard where the
wagons are dropped off after passing through much of the yard.
This was made in conjunction with EWS and operated
over many freight-only routes.
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How They Lived in the Yorkshire Dales
£9.99How They Lived in the Yorkshire Dales is a comprehensive account by famous Dales writer W. R. Mitchell MBE who was editor of the Dalesman magazine for many years. Bill’s wanderings around the Dales over many decades gave him a great wealth of knowledge as he went to visit ordinary folk in the villages and farms of the area. He was able to write about their lives and tales and this book encompasses many of his findings of life in the Yorkshire Dales.
154 pages with illustrations £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.
