Transportation
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Boring Car Trivia 4
Sometimes it can be hard to find the answers to life’s biggest questions. Questions such as, who designed the BMW M logo? Why were Jaguar engineers continually crashing Honda S2000s? How was the Vauxhall design studio ruined by poo? And which car almost caused great embarrassment for Spandau Ballet? Thankfully, this book is here to help, providing the answers to these and hundreds of other questions.
This is the fourth instalment in a long-running franchise everyone hoped would have stopped by now. Sort of like Jaws 4, except it doesn’t have Michael Caine in it. But it does contain a brief mention of Alicia Vikander. And Ron Dennis. Not together, obviously.Read more
£4.70Boring Car Trivia 4
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London’s Transport
London’s transport network is the envy of many cities across the globe. Its underground railway system is the oldest and also one of the world’s biggest, and is further complimented by a comprehensive suburban rail and bus network. This book gives an overview of this fascinating system, its history and some of the developments currently taking place.Read more
£10.30London’s Transport
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London’s Transport From Roman Times to the Present Day
Transport systems are the lifeblood of all great cities and this is certainly true of London. As far back as Roman times, their city Londinium was the hub of a network of roads leading out to all the major centres of the time. It was the Romans who gave the city its first bridge across the Thames and its first paved roadways. This book tells the story of London’s roads and bridges and the vehicles that used them. For centuries, transport meant horse drawn vehicles, from lumbering waggons to elegant carriages and the city had a flourishing industry, building carriages. The Industrial Revolution brought major changes, not least in the construction of more and more bridges over the Thames. In the 19th century a new system appeared with the arrival of the railways, and the many stations that are such prominent features of the cityscape. The story continues into the 20th century, when, for a time, the city was also home to some pioneering motor car manufacturers, such as Vauxhall. It comes nearer our time with the construction of the underground railway and the driverless trains of the Dockland Light Railway. Londoners will have a chance to find out just how travel around the city has changed in the last two thousand years.Read more
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Middle Waters: A Trawlerman’s Tale
In this book, ‘Middle Waters’, Bosun Ron Telford tells true tales of when the only place Grimsby fishermen were allowed to catch any fish was the Shetland and Orkney Islands. A few boats did have quotas to fish around the Faroe Islands but this did not last long.
The boats that were left after the Deep-Water Industry collapsed, were called ‘Cat’ boats. They had smaller crews and shorter trips to sea. The work was still as dangerous, with the crews working long hours, having little sleep and then home again. After seventy-two hours in dock, sailing again, hoping to earn a good living from the sea.
These are my stories and I tell of the many sacrifices we endured by not seeing our children grow up or spending time with our loved ones. Now I am retired from the sea I enjoy spending time with our grandchildren and great grandchildren and I realise how much I missed of my own children. I am extremely proud of them all. I currently work at the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre, as a Tour Guide on the Ross Tiger. Working here has helped me recall my working days as a trawlerman, telling the general public, first hand, my experiences of my time at sea. I get so much pleasure from seeing their faces as I recall my days as a trawlerman and the hardships endured to put fish on the table and earn a living.
IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE A FISHERMAN!Read more
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Southampton City Transport Buses
“With a wealth of rare and previously unseen images, Southampton City Transport Buses illustrates the development of mainly diesel-powered buses operated by Southampton City Transport and its successors since the early years of the twentieth century until recent times. As well as covering the vehicle types used, the photographs included here attempt to show as much background around the buses as possible to give a fuller portrait of this interesting city and its history.Written by a long-time member of the Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust and making use of the group’s superb archive, the images presented here give the reader a wonderfully evocative insight into the history of transport in the city.”
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The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can’t have it
What has the prisoner’s dilemma got to do with road traffic? Could we replace our trains with rollercoasters? Would putting spikes on steering wheels decrease road collisions? These questions (and a bunch of others) will be explored, introducing you to some basic concepts of transport science. A variety of thought experiments will be subjected to the limits of physics, engineering, economics, and psychology. This will show why the transport we already have is in fact an immense success!Transport is a sector that affects the everyday life of most people and needs to be continually funded, reviewed and improved to sustain civilisation. This book will arm you with the tools needed to tear political propaganda to pieces as politicians push for transport solutions based on ideology rather than facts.
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