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      Bristol & South Gloucestershire

      John Stretton

      ‘British Railways Past and Present’ is a nationwide series of books featuring photographs of railway locations taken several decades ago and comparing them with the same scene today. In this…

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      The West Somerset Railway

      John Stretton

      Running from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead, at over 21 miles the WSR is the longest preserved line in the UK, so deserves to be classed among the premier heritage railways…

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      Oxfordshire

      John Stretton

      Talks about: former GWR main lines from Banbury to Oxford and Didcot and towards Ashendon; the Bristol main line between Cholsey and Steventon, added to the county in 1974; the…

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      The Great Central Railway: Past and Present

      John Stretton

      This volume looks at past views between Nottingham (Victoria) and Rugby (Central) stations, and compares them with the present day. There is also a section looking at progress by the…

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      Garratts and Guitars Sixty Trainspotting Years: 1985-2015

      John Stretton

      The second part of John Stretton’s sixty trainspotting years features his forays into the world of railways and other areas of interest during the period 1985 to 2015.

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      The Dean Forest Railway: And Former Severn and Wye Railway Lines

      John Stretton

      2006 was a landmark year in the history of the Dean Forest Railway, with the opening of the extension to Parkend by HRH Princess Anne. This title presents a selection…

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      The Welsh Highland Railway: Caernarfon to Porthmadog - A Phoenix Rising

      John Stretton

      Although published in 1999 when the WHR ran only from Caernarfon to Dinas, this book covers the whole route through to Porthmadog.

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      Past and Present No 69: Swindon to Bristol by both routes

      John Stretton and Tim Maddocks

      Now part of the successful GWR franchise, the line from Swindon to Bristol forms part of Brunel’s original Great Western Railway from Paddington to Bristol, Wales and the south-west of…

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      Railways and Recollections: 1975

      John Stretton,Peter Townsend

      On the railways, two major accidents at Moorgate and Nuneaton resulted in considerable loss of life, and the prototype High Speed Train reached speeds in excess of 150mph on the…

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      Railways and Recollections: 1964

      John Stretton,Peter Townsend

      Takes us back to a time when steam had just four more years to run on Britain’s railways and the ‘Beeching Axe’ was reshaping the rail network when many last…

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      Railways and Recollections: 1957

      John Stretton,Peter Townsend

      On the railways Simeon T Webb, Casey Jones’ fireman on the fateful ‘Cannonball Express’ in April 1900 passed away in Memphis at the age of 83. Nearer to home, the…

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      Railways and Recollections: 1961

      John Stretton,Peter Townsend

      1961, was an interesting year on the railways. This book focuses on London’s Waterloo terminus. It also features ‘West Country’, ‘Merchant Navy’, ‘Pacifics’, Birmingham and the Midlands, including Western and…

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      The Cotswold Line Past and Present Subscriber

      John Stretton & Tim Maddocks

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      General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel: Myth of his Cremation in Germany. A Shocking Revelation

      Dr Tony Patel,John Stretton Weeks

      This book is about Rommel’s recorded death and cremation of that not being in Germany but his death and burial in the British Protectorate of Nyasaland, now Malawi to where…

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