A most interesting read. Quite apart from the picture it paints of one man's journey through the ranks, it also conveys a lot of valuable detail about the realities of life as a railway manager over recent decades. The author's frankness and strong opinions give it an added spice.
Journal of the Friends of the National Railway Museum No.165
A most interesting read. Quite apart from the picture it paints of one man's journey through the ranks, it also conveys a lot of valuable detail about the realities of life as a railway manager over recent decades. The author's frankness and strong opinions give it an added spice.
Journal of the Friends of the National Railway Museum No.165
This is such a cracking story - I nearly read the whole book right off. A real 'page turner' relating the first hand memoir of an SOE agent caught red handed by the Gestapo in Tunisia in 1943, then held in various concentration camps in Germany for two and a half years.
The author tries in vain to understand how the supposedly civilised German people became the monsters who staffed the Gestapo, the SS and the concentration camps. His ways of surviving the camps was to apply his considerable intelligence. A remarkable testimony which I highly recommend.
Military Vehicle Trust issue 168
This is such a cracking story - I nearly read the whole book right off. A real 'page turner' relating the first hand memoir of an SOE agent caught red handed by the Gestapo in Tunisia in 1943, then held in various concentration camps in Germany for two and a half years.
The author tries in vain to understand how the supposedly civilised German people became the monsters who staffed the Gestapo, the SS and the concentration camps. His ways of surviving the camps was to apply his considerable intelligence. A remarkable testimony which I highly recommend.
Military Vehicle Trust issue 168
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Carve Her Name With Pride
Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo who was born in Paris Iin 1921 to an English motor-car dealer, and a French Mother. She met and married Etienne Szabo, a Captain in the French Foreign Legion in 1940. Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Tania, her husband died at El Alamein. She became a FANY (First… Read more...
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Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford's life was extraordinary: born in the Lowlands of Scotland, where his father worked as a shepherd, he ended his days as the most revered engineer in the world, known punningly as “The Colossus of Roads”. He was responsible for some of the great works of the age, such as the suspension bridge across the Menai Straits and the mighty… Read more...
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Fred Dibnah
Mid-Cheshire based heritage transportation specialist photographer and feature writer Keith Langston travelled extensively with Fred Dibnah during the filming of his last TV series, 'Made in Britain.' Following Fred's untimely death, Keith embarked upon the creation of a book, drawing not only on his experiences with the Bolton born steeplejack and… Read more...
