The Great Western Railway Volume Five Shrewsbury to Pwllheli

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the GWR line between Shrewsbury and Pwllheli has changed and developed over the last century.

A propos de l'auteur

Stanley C. Jenkins, who was educated at Witney Grammar School, the University of Lancaster and the University of Leicester, has written over 20 books and some 750 articles on local, transport and regional history. Having worked as an English Language teacher at Oxford Air Training School for several years, he returned to Leicester University to retrain as a museum curator in 1986, and was subsequently employed by English Heritage as the Regional Curator for South Western England. He is Curatorial Advisor to the Witney & District Museum, and is also working as a curator for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust, which is at present building a military museum at Woodstock.Martin Loader has been interested in railways since the late 1960s, but only starting taking photographs seriously with the acquisition of his first 'proper' camera in 1978.

Résumé

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the GWR line between Shrewsbury and Pwllheli has changed and developed over the last century.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Stanley C. Jenkins, Martin Loader, Stanley C Jenkins
• Edition: Amberley Publishing
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 30.06.2015
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Livres de conseils > Véhicules, avions, bateaux, conquête spatiale > Chemins de fer
• EAN: 9781445642864
• ISBN: 978-1-4456-4286-4
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Dimensions (emballage): 21,9 x 19,8 x 1,1 cm
• Poids (emballage): 145 g
• Thème: The Great Western Railway ...; The Great Western Railway ... > 5
• Catégories: Nordwales / North Wales, Mittelwales / Mid Wales, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials), Transportation, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, Shropshire