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Introducing the latest new books from Oakwood Press
 

MONTGOMERY'S BUSES -  An Empire of Independents   by Brian Poole                £15.95 Research often starts with a concept for a single essay and this is the case with this work. Brian Poole started by interviewing Bill Cross who was a young fitter when Mid-Wales Motorways was created in 1937. He quickly realised that there was a very big story hidden within the families of the Montgomeryshire bus and coach industry and many others have recounted their memories    .... more

 

YESTERDAYS PAPERS - Vol 3:   Life in England between the wars 1918 - 1938  From the pages of the Isle of Wight County Press by Alan Stroud             £13.95 Like the previous volumes in this series, this is a dip into the archive of the Isle of Wight County Press, this time for the years 1918 to 1934, to give a view of events and attitudes of those times from a contemporary perspective – an unvarnished version of the truth free from modern day judgements.   .... more

 

Neath Enginemen - Reminiscing Steam in South Wales compiled by  Bryan King               £13.95  The stories in this book have been collected by Bryan King from the close-knit community of West Glamorgan railwaymen. They tell of life on the railway in another era, primarily working from the two Neath engine sheds - Court Sart and N&B - but also included are stories from Swansea and Margam. The many incidents and accidents are recalled by those who were there.    .... more

 

The Wisbech & Upwell Tramway by  Peter Paye           £15.95 Passengers arriving by the Great Eastern Railway for the first time at the fenland port of Wisbech before the Great War, intending to travel to the canal side villages to the south-east of the town, could be forgiven for disbelieving the sight which greeted them. They would be cajoled to join the service standing in the back platform, which was unlike any other they had encountered   .... more

 

The Ross, Monmouth & Pontypool Road Line by Stanley Charles Jenkins         £11.95 The turbulent history of the South Wales borderlands produced a romantic and picturesque landscape of castles and villages. In Victorian times, this attractive, Anglo-Celtic district contained a network of local branch lines, which opened-up the area to tourists and visitors. This book was first published in 2002, and this revised and enlarged Second Edition has an extra 24 pages     .... more

A Pictorial Guide to Alpine Railways                          by Mervyn Jones          £16.95 /  €26.00 This first Pictorial Guide by the author is radically different from his previous publications.  In researching about alpine railways, in addition to information about the railways, he has chosen to include interesting facts about the places through which trains pass.   .... more

John Gillham 1917-2009 - Click Here for Obituary