0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
  • All Departments
Price
  • R500 - R1,000 (2)
  • -
Status
Brand

Showing 1 - 2 of 2 matches in All Departments

The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway to Poppyland - From the Midlands to Norfolk & Norwich (Hardcover): Rob Shorland-Ball The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway to Poppyland - From the Midlands to Norfolk & Norwich (Hardcover)
Rob Shorland-Ball
R724 R583 Discovery Miles 5 830 Save R141 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

M&GNJR was a Midlands to East Anglia railway linking towns and villages like a patchwork knitted together by clever business entrepreneurs. It started in the 1850s when there was intense rivalry between railway companies and two rich and powerful companies - MR and GNR - were behind the project. Joint,' added by a Special Act of Parliament in 1893, confirms this patchwork was the amalgamation of several small independent railway companies plus the MR and GNR. The company was especially interested in stealing a march on the Great Eastern Railway (GER) which believed it was the principal railway serving East Anglia. Poppyland was the nickname created for the Cromer area of the Norfolk coast by Clement Scott, an influential poet, author and drama critic of The Daily Telegraph who first visited in 1883. He claimed that . . . clean air laced with perfume of wild flowers was opiate to his tired mind.' Scott publicised his delight and many rich families, and their servants, visited too; the railway business entrepreneurs saw a growing market for their patchwork. The M&GNJR grew eastwards to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and attracted passengers from the Midlands and London. The M&GNJR grew - then withered as cars, buses, overseas travel offered new holiday options. Closure came on 28 February 1959 but North Norfolk Railway - the Poppy Line - has survived as a heritage line so the Joint is not forgotten!

The Minor Railways of East Anglia - Development Demise and Destiny (Hardcover): Rob Shorland-Ball The Minor Railways of East Anglia - Development Demise and Destiny (Hardcover)
Rob Shorland-Ball
R778 R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Save R136 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Rob Shorland-Ball is a former teacher and is also a born story teller and is well aware of the strong local loyalties in East Anglia. Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are considered to be very different separate and independent areas by their inhabitants When the author worked in Suffolk he explained that he came from Cambridge which he believed was the front door of East Anglia, an elderly Suffolk man to whom he was speaking, paused for a while and then said, with unarguable finality, here in Suffolk if Cambridge exists at all , it is a back door and rarely used. The minor railways illustrated in this book were once busy transport links and made vital contributions to the social and business heritage of the area they served. By the 1950s and 60s, when the author explored them, they were rarely used, so needed to be recorded and their stories told before they were forgotten entirely. To bring this book up to date, the final section is called Destiny because some of the track beds have survived and flourished with new usage as restored heritage railways, footpaths and cycleways and one route as a busy busway.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Home Classix Trusty Traveller Mug…
R99 R81 Discovery Miles 810
Marc Anthony Strictly Curls Curl Envy…
R210 Discovery Miles 2 100
The Personal History Of David…
Dev Patel, Peter Capaldi, … DVD  (1)
R63 Discovery Miles 630
Mission Impossible 6: Fallout
Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, … Blu-ray disc  (1)
R131 R91 Discovery Miles 910
Dog's Life Ballistic Nylon Waterproof…
R999 R808 Discovery Miles 8 080
CritiCare® Sterile Gauze Swabs (75 x 75…
R3 Discovery Miles 30
Ultra-Link VGA to HDMI with Audio…
R277 Discovery Miles 2 770
Vital Baby® NOURISH™ Store And Wean…
R149 Discovery Miles 1 490
Seagull Trampoline Foam Tube…
R24 Discovery Miles 240
Mellerware Swiss - Plastic Floor Fan…
 (1)
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480

 

Partners