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Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2021] Softback 64 pages
Power generation in Staffordshire, the Caledonian Canal, Part Two of Cheltemham Coach Station, the mortal remains of which are about to be redeveloped I believe, Austin's three litre White Elephant and the sad tale of Ludovic Berry. Something for everyone here I think.
Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2021] Softback 64 pages
Cheltenham Coach Station in 1975, travelling to Ilfracombe in the 19th Century, early electric road vehicles and the continuing story of the development of Port Penrhyn, this time concentrating on the fascinating railway system both standard and narrow gauge.
Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2021] Softback 64 pages
Headlining with a wonderfully detailed delve into Hawthorn locomotives and the Leith Engine Works by Robert Humm, other articles include the early development of Port Penrhyn, an extended and very well illustrated piece on the Harecastle diversion and details of the obscure "Murad" car, which very nearly went into production after the War.
Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2021] Softback 64 pages
Steve Grudgings takes us further along the industries along the Avon in Bristol, Osborne Wallis coal merchants featuring prominently, Raymond Mays' lost sports cars, Barnum and Bailey's Circus train and its great European tour, all rounded off with a a trip along the Crinan Canal!
Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2020] Softback 64 pages
A bit of a Bristol theme in the first half, Steve Grudgings takes us from Hanham to Hotwells along the Bristol Avon, then there is a feature on Bristol Cars from Malcolm Bobbit and finally Duncan Harper describes a truly magnificent 1908 view of Radstock's "Marble Arch". Amongst other features there is a fantastic extended piece on Huntley and Palmers biscuit empire and its wonderful railway system as it all once existed in Reading.
Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2019] Softback 64 pages
Chimneys Ltd and its chimneys, Waterloo Colliery, a flying arch in Sodbury cutting, the "Stoneleigh" car marque, a decent sized feature on the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, building the Chessington branch and a super feature including nice colour shots of the Minera Limeworks. As satisfyingly off beam as ever!
Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2019] Softback 64 pages
"Adams-Hewit Laughs at Hills", or so said an advertisement in 1906. From the rear of this issue: Malcolm Bobbit explores this obscure marque, Part Four of the Trent and Mersey Canal from Euan Corrie, obscure narrow gauge IC locos from Andrew Neale, an obscurer Bolton and Watt engine and firstly horses hauling coal at Panytgasseg Colliery, which they were doing until 1999.
Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2018] Softback 64 pages
Announced in this issue is that Lightmoor have acquired the stock and name of Plateway Press, and fittingly the erstwhile proprietor, one Andrew Neale, contributes a rather wonderful and well illustrated article on the Penlee Quarries railway system. Other articles cover the Trent and Mersey Canal in some depth, Crossley RFCs in the showroom, the final years of horse haulage in the South Wales Coalfield and, best of all for me, a gloriously well illustrated article on the garage that used to exist in Swainswick on what is now the by-passed Gloucester road, high on the hill above where I am writing this description. Owned from 1950 until 1960 by the Lassman family, and finally closing to the business of motors when the Batheaston bypass opened in the Nineties. The article was written by brothers David and Nigel Lassman (I used to go to the local scouts with Nigel) and is a charming and informative account of the motor business, with a good deal of local colour included for good measure, not least a 1958 colour picture of brothers Gordon and Ron standing in front of the garage with a Rolls Royce - wonderful.
Ian Pope and Neil Parkhouse [Publisher: Lightmoor 2014] Softback 64 pages
The last years of steam cultivation, the Shillbottle Colliery branch, a family motoring history, air pictures around Mow Cop, an iron mine, a coaster and even more, as eclectic as ever.
Ian Pope and Neil Parkhouse [Publisher: Lightmoor 2013] Softback 64 pages
The obscure Westminster Munitions Unit, a paper mill in Scotland, a well illustrated article on mechanical handling, a lovely Lea Francis and an extended pontification on how the Southwold might have lasted longer from none other than Andrew Neale are the components of the cocktail that is issue 79.
Neil Parkhouse and Ian Pope [Publisher: Lightmoor 2013] Softback 64 pages
An informative and interesting article on Lydney Power Station, built next to Norchard Colliery and operating for forty odd years up until 1968 and the "Nuclear Age" - and of course years before the current "foreign investor rip off age" (oops) articles on mechanical handling and piece de resistance, an extended and well illustrated article from none other than Andrew Neale on the applications of the standard gauge Simplex developed from the narrow gauge locomotive built for the War Department in huge numbers. This includes a lovely previously unseen (by me) picture of the example used on the paper mill tramway at Burneside - magic!