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Shed Side in South Lancashire and Cheshire: The Last Days of Steam
Kenn Pearce
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Paperback. Shed side in South Lancashire and Cheshire Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 1DBKENL; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 456.
In the 1950s and 1960s south Lancashire and Cheshire was criss-crossed by a web of railway lines, servicing the various needs of local industries. The region was a haven for railway enthusiasts who pursued the hundreds of steam workhorses based at British Railways depots in `chemical towns' such as Warrington, Widnes, Wigan and Sutton Oak, besides Southport and Northwich. While these facilities appeared less glamorous than larger counterparts in Liverpool or Manchester, the stories of the engines, trains and the men who were based at the depots in these towns was no less fascinating. Shed ... Read more
In the 1950s and 1960s south Lancashire and Cheshire was criss-crossed by a web of railway lines, servicing the various needs of local industries. The region was a haven for railway enthusiasts who pursued the hundreds of steam workhorses based at British Railways depots in `chemical towns' such as Warrington, Widnes, Wigan and Sutton Oak, besides Southport and Northwich. While these facilities appeared less glamorous than larger counterparts in Liverpool or Manchester, the stories of the engines, trains and the men who were based at the depots in these towns was no less fascinating. Shed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752461205
SKU
V9780752461205
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99-5
About Kenn Pearce
Kenn Pearce spent his youth in Liverpool and nearby Widnes, where a gift of an Observer's Book of Locomotives aroused untapped interest in British Railways in the late 1950s. Together with like-minded schoolmates, he explored the grimy, sulphurous, but enchanting steam sheds that serviced locomotives in and around Merseyside. Now resident in South Australia, he has ... Read more
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