The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway PDF Author: Peter Waller
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526702231
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 183

Book Description
Now preserved for almost sixty years, the former Midland Railway branch from Keighley to Oxenhope to the west of Bradford may not be one of the country’s longest – indeed it only stretches for just under five miles – but it is one of the country’s most popular preserved lines. With a history stretching back to the mid-nineteenth century, the Keighley & Worth Valley provided an essential link for the communities that it served for almost a century. The harsh economic realities of the 1950s made its future uncertain and its fate was, theoretically, sealed before the infamous Beeching Report of March 1963. However, there were a number of local enthusiasts who, having previously witnessed the demise of the ex-Great Northern Railway Queensbury Triangle routes in the mid-1950s, were determined that the Oxenhope line would not suffer a similar fate. With the line preserved, services were triumphantly restored in 1968 and the line has been providing pleasures for tourists and enthusiasts ever since.

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Through Time

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Through Time PDF Author: Mark Bowling
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445635976
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway has changed and developed over the last century.

The Engineer

The Engineer PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 618

Book Description

The Country Railway

The Country Railway PDF Author: Tim Bryan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0747814252
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 65

Book Description
Britain's towns and cities were famously transformed in the nineteenth century by the coming of the railways, turning their fortunes around and giving urban dwellers new opportunities to travel across the country – yet the effect on the rural population was arguably far greater. Whilst some of the initial trunk lines were designed to link major cities, the network of smaller cross-country and branch lines that followed opened up large tracts of previously remote countryside, providing new markets for agricultural produce and ending the isolation of many rural communities, and such was the pace of development during the Railway Mania period that by the end of the nineteenth century there were few areas of country not served by train. This book tells the story of these railways from golden age to decline in the wake of nationalization and the Beeching Report in the mid-twentieth century – and indeed contemporary efforts to restore and preserve them.

Stories from small museums

Stories from small museums PDF Author: Fiona Candlin
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526166852
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 327

Book Description
During the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK dramatically increased. Typically small and independent, the new museums concentrated on local history, war and transport. This book asks who founded them, how and why. In order to find out more, Fiona Candlin, a professor in museology, and Toby Butler, an expert oral historian, travelled around the UK to meet the individuals, families, community groups and special interest societies who established the museums. The rich oral histories they collected provide a new account of recent museum history – one that weaves together personal experience and social change while putting ordinary people at the heart of cultural production. Combining academic rigour with a lively writing style, Stories from small museums is essential reading for students and museum enthusiasts alike.
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