valleymodeller Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 I picked up a copy of this new book yesterday in WH Smith's. A nice 80 page soft back publication of full colour photos dating from the 60/70s green/blue era from around Britain. I was particularly interested in quite a lot of shots taken in South Wales, and one on page 22 of Pontypridd station, taken in 1970 which has my parents' house in the background (long since demolished). Lots of dmu photos though but all in interesting locations of mostly long gone locations. Not bad for #9.99. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toffee Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Found it myself yesterday the author is Paul Anderson. 80 pages of time warp, wonder after wonder showing not just the traction but the environment of the time, utterly wonderful for any modeller looking from the late 60s onward. So often you get big glossy books that are cropped to just show a loco, well not with this and it's all the better. I'm old enough to remember it all and these shots brought flooding back scenes I'd totally forgotten, the people, the cars, the roads and the rolling stock that is also included. No filler shots in this, all are wonderful all show detail hard to get, few of the loco or dmu car numbers are noted, it dosnt matter, it's the detail that counts. Best shot ? Hard to say, but the platform scene from a departing train of the empty vans with their doors open in the bay and a member of staff in his brand new BR uniform at Alloa walking past the flowerbed a few days before closure in 68 to my mind is worth a tenner on its own. Lincoln and Firsby, Richmond and Leicester Central all come back to life. This book is full of atmosphere, and a modellers delight, if you have to buy one book this summer buy this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I picked up a copy of this new book yesterday in WH Smith's. A nice 80 page soft back publication of full colour photos dating from the 60/70s green/blue era from around Britain. I was particularly interested in quite a lot of shots taken in South Wales, and one on page 22 of Pontypridd station, taken in 1970 which has my parents' house in the background (long since demolished). Lots of dmu photos though but all in interesting locations of mostly long gone locations. Not bad for #9.99. Tony, I looked long and hard to work out which was your old house, it was fruitless as I couldn't see the 'blue plaque' . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Woodcock Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Hello Agree with all that has been said. It is a brilliant little book. Well worth a trip down memory lane with some truly inspirational modelling ideas. Cheers George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Dyson (onslaught832) Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 At first I thought this thread was about the old Bradford & Barton 'Diesels in the Landscape'which I collect ....I will certainly have a look at this new book though & thanks for the tip . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
walrus Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Sounds really worth a look. Couldn't find it in our local (smallish) Smiths today. Will try a bigger branch asap. Can anyone advise please - is it a bookazine kept with the railway mags? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Woodcock Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Hello I bought mine direct from Irwell Press. Definitely a book albeit a thinnish one with a soft cover.. Cheers George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Is there a schedual for these irwell press specials? I bought the southern region one, listed as number 1, but not seen any since. I also purchased this book today, very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Dyson (onslaught832) Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Couldn't find it in my local either... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted June 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2016 Couldn't find it in my local either... Phill, like me, you might have to consider ordering direct from Irwell.... https://www.irwellpress.com/acatalog/BOOKAZINE.html I'm not sure if it's free postage & packing, but it certainly looks like a worthy addition to the bookcase. Regards Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toffee Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Sounds really worth a look. Couldn't find it in our local (smallish) Smiths today. Will try a bigger branch asap. Can anyone advise please - is it a bookazine kept with the railway mags? Yes it's a bookazine and it's with the monthly mags, Well it was in my local smallish Smiths. Irwell have done a few lately but to me this is the best by far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold young37215 Posted June 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2016 Bought my copy today, initial reaction is subdued at best. Too many pictures are blurred and content is generally bland. Positives have been documented in this thread, on balance I am glad to have this but feel disappointed given previous bullish comments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted July 15, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2016 Couldn't find it my local Smiths (it's a fairly small branch), so ordered it direct from Irwell (£12.49 including postage). https://www.irwellpress.com/acatalog/BOOKAZINE.html Placed order Wednesday and it arrived this morning, so pretty pleased about that. Anyway, I just had a quick flick through it and am very impressed with the content. There are some lovely shots of Wareham, Corfe Castle and Swanage stations, which was a real wallow in nostalgia for me because as a child, I was fortunate enough to travel over the Swanage branch before BR closed it (wish I'd owned a camera back then...). All regions are covered, so naturally, there are some shots of my favoured Western Region, but whether or not the countryside and locations are familiar to me, there's lots of lovely steam age infrastructure to be seen and plenty of totems & enamel signs to drool over! I like the fact that the trains are not the main focus of attention (hence the title I suppose?), so the fashions and vehicles of the day are much in evidence too. Yes, there are one or two shots where the trains are blurred, but in the context of the book, it doesn't bother me - it's £9.99 very well spent in my opinion! Regards Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 15, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 15, 2016 I couldn't find it in my WH Smiths so I ordered mine direct from the publishers. A slight disappointment in that there is nothing on the ex GE lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Bought my copy today, initial reaction is subdued at best. Too many pictures are blurred and content is generally bland. Positives have been documented in this thread, on balance I am glad to have this but feel disappointed given previous bullish comments I agree. Whilst the book is worth having it is still rather poor in places with some photos not really fit for publication and some wayward captions too. I could not find it in WHS - I looked in several branches including Holborn Circus, which is hardly an obscure location, to no avail so I ordered one from the publishers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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