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A Swindon Wordsmith
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‘A Swindon Wordsmith – the Life, Times and Works of George Ewart Hobbs’ has been written by local historians Noel Ponting and Graham Carter.

George Ewart Hobbs was born in 1883 and died i...More Information
Boat Trains
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The English Channel and Ocean liner specials. Written by Martyn Pring.
Bradshaw's Handbook
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A facsimile edition of the 1863 landmark tour guide Bradshaw’s Guide, which was the first national tourist guide organised around the British railway circuit. The original remains a historical snapsho...More Information
Brunel The Man Who Built the World
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A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's foremost authorities.
Death Dynamite and Disaster
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A safe mode of transport today, the railways were far from vehicles of sleepy commute when they first came into service; indeed, accidents were commonplace and sometimes were a result of something far...More Information
Didcot Engineman
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In recalling his railway career, Bernard Barlow has provided us all with a valuable insight into the life and work of a railway fireman based at Didcot engine shed during the 1940s and 50s. Apart from...More Information
Doing Time Inside
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Doing Time Inside chronicles the changes of the apprenticeship process from its earliest times during the Industrial Revolution; through the varied work of two world war periods; the changes of thinki...More Information
Great Western King Class 4-6-0
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Built by Collett in 1927 after pressure to restore the GWR’s pre-eminence in motive power and cope with increasing traffic post-war to the Devon and Cornwall holiday resorts, the thirty Kings were the...More Information
Great Western Locomotive Development
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The volume begins with a series of short essays covering general trends in design development, whilst the main body of the volume covers individual classes. For each class there is a small table conta...More Information
Great Western Manor Class
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In this book, author Laurence Waters charts the history of the class from their construction at Swindon in 1938, right through to the final withdrawals in 1965. Using many previously unpublished black...More Information
Great Western Star Class Locomotives
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In this book, Laurence Waters charts the history of the class from the prototype, right through to the final workings in October 1957. Using many previously unpublished photographs from the Great West...More Information
GWR Handbook, The Great Western Railway 1923-47
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For many the GWR was synonymous with holidays by the sea in the West Country, but it was built to serve as a fast railway line to London, especially for the merchants and financiers of Bristol. Its op...More Information
In and Around Swindon Works
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In and Around Swindon Works covers further aspects of the famous manufacturing centre of the Great Western Railway during its heyday of 1930 to 1960. This is the second half of a detailed work begun w...More Information
Life on the Railway
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A must for anyone interested in the history of the railways, industrial Britain and travel, this informative guide explores the lives of those on the railway. Train guards, station staff and passenger...More Information
Memories of West Country Railway Journeys 1960-62
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Peter Barnfield recounts a series of railway journeys on ex-GW and Western Region lines in the West Country undertaken in the early 1960's. Recalled from notes Peter made at the time, the book is prof...More Information
Remembering Steam: The End of British Rail Steam i
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Over fifty years ago, main line steam in Britain ceased to exist: the last ‘official’ date was 11 August 1968. At the time, British Railways’ plan was that this was to be the end of steam traction – a...More Information
Selected Poems by Alfred Williams
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Alfred Williams (1877-1930), dubbed ‘the hammerman poet’, was a self-taught Wiltshire genius, whose life was toil and poverty, but who deserves to live on and be remembered as a sensitive chronicler o...More Information
Swindon Steam
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In this book L. A. Summers investigates the facts behind the myths and mysteries using modern research and newly discovered information. What was life really like for railwaymen in the days of steam? ...More Information
Swindon Works Apprentice in Steam
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Former Swindon apprentice Ken Gibbs remembers the sights, sounds, smells and work from the days of Great Western steam at this magnificent institution. This book recalls with fondness and nostalgia a ...More Information
The Atmospheric Western
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George Heiron’s Evocative Photographs described by Leslie Price.