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All very nice, will need extra supplies of these can you recommend a supplier? Endless patience Large vocabulary of bad language Good sounds and blue tooth speaker Garage at useable temperature, now expired The latter is seldom available here in Inverness. Kevin

Time is running out for Christmas delivery if you want your fix in time... https://strathwood.co.uk/collections/new-titles Kevin

New arrival today is the latest Western Times, why not combine your copy within one of our Christmas Bonus Book Deals and treat yourself for the upcoming holidays. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/western-times-issue-9 Kevin

Hello Martin, absorbing Irwell Press and taking up wholesale distribution for over ten other publishers, giving us now in excess of 1700+ titles in our warehouse, this alone has certainly kept us all busy this year. However, behind the scenes I have been putting together and completing a large number of titles that would otherwise have come out this year, but will now start to flow in 2024, thick and fast. So, by all means send Santa your wish list asap. We will announce all our new titles as they go to the printers each month in 2024. All the best, Kevin

Christmas Countdown, with everyone seeming to expect next day delivery these days, we have to say that the courier companies and the Royal Mail will not cope if everyone leaves it to the last minute. Hence, we are advocating Monday December 18 as the last day for orders for Christmas delivery, even then you just might be pushing it, if we get any bad weather... Make life easier for yourselves and us too and place your Christmas orders as soon as possible and take advantage of our Christmas Bonus Book Offer, full detail on our website. https://strathwood.co.uk/collections/selling-out-titles?sort_by=price-descending Kevin

With last week's Book of the Week Sir Nigel Gresley The L.N.E.R.'s First C.M.E. selling fast with over 25% of the print run sold in its first three weeks, we also expect this week's chosen title to fly as well. BR 1970s Coaching Stock A great title for modellers of the 1970s & 80s "banger blue" scene as its filled with 85 B&W archive photographs and drawings within its 80 pages. HARDBACK Grab yours right now with Strathwood for £17.50 and check out our wide range of 1500+ titles, gift ideas and our NEW Christmas special bonus book offer too. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/br-1970s-coaching-stock Kevin

Three new arrivals to report the first is likely to be of interest to modellers of the 1970s and 1980s banger blue scene. BR 1970s Coaching Stock https://strathwood.co.uk/products/br-1970s-coaching-stock Others to arrive are: Irish Railway Rover Part 1 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/irish-railway-rover-part-1 and the latest issue for collectors with The Southern Way 63 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-southern-way-63 Kevin

Last few days of the special offer on mugs, be quick we extended it to the end of this week. Kevin

You could take a look at these of course. The Railways, Slate Quarries and Tramways of Blaenau Ffestiniog https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-railways-slate-quarries-and-tramways-of-blaenau-ffestiniog Tren Bach y Llan/The Little Train to Llan Ffestiniog: A History of the Festiniog & Blaenau Railway, the Area and its Community https://strathwood.co.uk/products/tren-bach-y-llan-the-little-train-to-llan-ffestiniog-a-history-of-the-festiniog-blaenau-railway-the-area-and-its-community Great Railway Eras Festiniog 1946-55 The Pioneers' Stories https://strathwood.co.uk/products/great-railway-eras-festiniog-1946-55-the-pioneers-stories Kevin

They are well described along with the patents, forced ventilation, streamlining, pressure ventilation, sound proofing the coaches and even the carriage formations for the special trains such as The Silver Jubilee etc, but with 460+ pages we thought most would be interested in the development of the locomotives, and not just the pacifics either. With over 20% of the print run already sold in the first 15 days, we might well have achieved the right balance for everyone. Have a listen here to find out even more as the author is interviewed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVh7yZyd9Lc Kevin

Hmmm I keep trying to speak with Jeremy Pratt who owns Crecy with zero luck, emails get ignored all very frustrating even for trade customers, ho hum... Kevin

Ahh but I bet the 14xx is a more popular choice if they were polled. Kevin

Just need a surprise new 4mm 14xx to go with the autocoaches now shrunk down from the 7mm ones... Kevin

Book of the week has to go to the final part of the trilogy, British Rail Traction Maintenance Depots 1974-1993 Part 3: Wales & Scotland Jump in quick and complete your set as volume 1 has now sold out. British Rail Traction Maintenance Depots 1974-1993 Part 3: Wales & Scotland https://strathwood.co.uk/products/british-rail-traction-maintenance-depots-1974-1993-part-3-wales-scotland-released-20-november Kevin

Would prefer another Class 47...🤒

An inexpensive HARDBACK for all fans of Southern branch lines with 80 pages and 77 black & white archive photographs to enjoy. Rails along the Rother - The Midhurst Lines https://strathwood.co.uk/products/rails-along-the-rother-the-midhurst-lines Why not put yourself one of our Christmas Special Offer Bonus book deals together with your copy of this title as part of it. The bonus book range is over 75 titles ranging from £10.99 to £35.95... https://strathwood.co.uk/collections/selling-out-titles?sort_by=price-descending Kevin

Launched today and in stock we also see this sure-fire best seller based upon the sales of the first two volumes, the first one has already completely sold out now so don't delay. British Rail Traction Maintenance Depots 1974-1993 Part 3: Wales & Scotland https://strathwood.co.uk/products/british-rail-traction-maintenance-depots-1974-1993-part-3-wales-scotland-released-20-november Why not put yourself one of our Christmas Special Offer Bonus book deals together with your copy of this title as part of it. https://strathwood.co.uk/collections/selling-out-titles?sort_by=price-descending Kevin

Black Friday week eh with Amazon on the box and on the radio bragging of up to 40% off. Take advantage of the Strathwood Christmas Special Offer and you could do even better working a great deal to suit from our range of 1700+ titles and with FREE UK postage with our FREE BONUS BOOK OFFER. Simple, spend £60 net in one go and choose any one of the seventy-five FREE CHRISTMAS BONUS BOOKS selection priced from £10.99 to £35.95 FREE with our compliments. https://strathwood.co.uk/collections/selling-out-titles?sort_by=price-descending Order this week and you can help to bulk your order up to £60 net with 25% OFF our entire range of high-quality tea/coffee mugs all down to just £10.99 each with eleven designs to choose from. https://strathwood.co.uk/collections/mugs Kevin

Among the arrivals this week we expect LONGMOOR MILITARY RAILWAY The Long Decline, it would have made for the ideal "grown up" train set, had it survived. LONGMOOR MILITARY RAILWAY The Long Decline https://strathwood.co.uk/products/longmoor-military-railway-the-long-decline Kevin

The suggestions for names could be far worse if we drifted back towards the likes of Top of the Pops and Jimmy Saville you can see what I mean... The regimental names employed by the LMS, LNER and to a lesser degree by the GWR were inspiring, as were the Squadrons on the SR, along with distinguished Admirals, even BR joined in with some good choices for Britannia names which in turn evolved into a decent selection of names for Peaks, Warships and Deltics. Even regimental names were considered for several Class 37s. This brings me back full circle to suggesting that those who came up with the likes of those two names above around Top of the Pops and many similar "daft" names, perhaps thought that in naming D822 Hercules was after the Warship for sure but by the time they got around to naming 50007 as Hercules in 1978 it was after Albert Steptoe's horse, hence renaming 50007 to Sir Edward Elgar (Edward the green engine)? Kevin

I have serious doubts it will ever surface via Crecy to be honest, as several of their existing authors are looking at Strathwood and other publishers to see their new works released just now instead. Kevin

For the shear amount of research and new material within Simon's new work on Sir Nigel Gresley running to 460 pages this is a most worthy Book of the Week and we commend this to you. Sir Nigel Gresley The L.N.E.R.'s First C.M.E. For more details see https://strathwood.co.uk/products/sir-nigel-gresley-the-l-n-e-r-s-first-c-m-e-launched-15-november-2023?_pos=7&_psq=gresley&_ss=e&_v=1.0 or log on to Kevin

Many of our customers have already realised they can bag a potential 60% discount and gain FREE UK shipping with our Christmas special offer, by making a purchase of £60.00 net and choosing one of the higher value Christmas Bonus Books as their freebie for example one of the RRP £35.95 or £34.95 titles. Never mind the Black Friday gimmicks, this is the real deal all the way up to 8 January 2024, although some of the most popular freebies may have gone by then, so don't get left behind take a look now for yourself. https://strathwood.co.uk/collections/selling-out-titles?sort_by=price-descending Kevin

The latest arrival is from Middleton Press and is the first of their titles to be priced at the new price point of £19.95. We are holding all their earlier stock at the old price of £18.95 until the end of the year for our customers, when we will join the publishers and increase to £19.95 each across the board. We currently hold ALL of their titles that are in print in our warehouse (that's 400+). Great Railway Eras Preston to the Fylde Coast STEAM - DIESEL - ELECTRIC featuring Blackpool and Fleetwood https://strathwood.co.uk/products/great-railway-eras-preston-to-the-fylde-coast-steam-diesel-electric-featuring-blackpool-and-fleetwood Kevin

Hello Peter, unlike the main owner Amazon we have no plans to go into space off the proceeds of our customers. But we did post on 3 November the latest on this title and a few others as we do our best for customers. Just passing on the news as we all expected several titles to be in stock around now, but the publishers Crecy seem to have had issues as they now advise that October/November releases for these two titles are put back to January 2024. We already have advance orders for these which we will honour when the publishers actually release them, meanwhile we are still taking advance orders for those customers who want to roll them into our Christmas Bonus Offer, which means we will send out what you order now and the two delayed titles to follow in January. All very frustrating for everyone of course, the titles affected are: British Railways Freight Terminals Since 1960 British Railways Diesel and Electric Locomotives Also suffering delays are Lightmoor Press with these two titles now due late November rather than the anticipated late October. The Railway Over the Stainmore Pass Post-War Boom and Bust on the North Trans Pennine Also caught in the same delay is: The L&NER Delivers the Goods Volume Two The Scottish and North Eastern Areas These two are expected to arrive with us late November so will be shipped ASAP upon arrival. Our own new title Sir Nigel Gresley The L.N.E.R.'s First C.M.E. is very much still on target for release on 15 November as planned. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/sir-nigel-gresley-the-l-n-e-r-s-first-c-m-e-launched-15-november-2023 Kevin Kevin