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Tramways - Grande Bretagne : livres - histoire et types

Beaux livres sur l'histoire, les modèles et la technique des tramways en Grande Bretagne.


Trams: An Illustrated Anthology

Evocative, entertaining, nostalgic and informative; Trams is a fascinating anthology of some of the best stories and descriptive articles written about a vehicle that was once queen of the road.
The book covers many aspects of the tramcar, in the days of horse, steam, cable and electric power. Stories range from amusing incidents to childhood recollections and from trams that put out to sea to those that were bombed in the Blitz.

Including extracts by well known writers (such as Arnold Bennett, D.H. Lawrence and L.A.G. Strong), entertainers (such as Jimmy Saville), poets, journalists, tramway employees, passengers and enthusiasts, this book presents a comprehensive and multi-faceted view of the tramways.
With the addition of more than 200 photographs, most in colour, "Trams: An Illustrated Anthology" shows there is much more to trams than wood and steel.

Auteur :Dennis Gill
Présentation :304 pages, 28 x 21.5 x 3 cm, hardback
Illustration :200+ photos en N&B et couleurs
Editeur :Robert Hale Ltd (GB, 2011)
EAN:9780709090892
Livre : Trams: An Illustrated Anthology

Trams: An Illustrated Anthology

Langue : anglais

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Rails in the Road - A History of Tramways in Britain and Ireland

There have been passenger tramways in Britain for 150 years, but it is a rollercoaster story of rise, decline and a steady return. Trams have come and gone, been loved and hated, popular and derided.
Horse trams, introduced from the USA in the 1860s, were the first cheap form of public transport on city streets. Electric systems were developed in nearly every urban area from the 1890s and revolutionised town travel in the Edwardian era.

A century ago, trams were at their peak, used by everyone all over the country and a mark of civic pride in towns and cities from Dover to Dublin. But by the 1930s they were in decline and giving way to cheaper and more flexible buses and trolleybuses.
By the 1950s all the major systems were being replaced. London's last tram ran in 1952 and ten years later Glasgow, the city most firmly linked with trams, closed its network down. Only Blackpool, famous for its decorated cars, kept a public service running and trams seemed destined only for scrapyards and museums.

A gradual renaissance took place from the 1980s, with growing interest in what are now described as light rail systems in Europe and North America.
In the UK and Ireland modern trams were on the streets of Manchester from 1992, followed successively by Sheffield, Croydon, the West Midlands, Nottingham, Dublin and Edinburgh (2014). Trams are now set to be a familiar and significant feature of twenty-first century urban life, with more development on the way.

This book details the history of tramways in Britain and Ireland.

Auteur :Oliver Green
Présentation :269 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm, hardback
Illustration :200 photos en N&B et couleurs
Editeur :Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2016)
EAN:9781473822238
Livre : Rails in the Road - A History of Tramways in Britain and Ireland

Rails in the Road - A History of Tramways in Britain and Ireland

Langue : anglais

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Regional Tramways - Scotland : 1940-1950s

This is the first of a new series of books that will cover the history of tramway operation in the British Isles. Focusing on Scotland, this book provides an overview of the history of tramways north of the border from the 1940s, when the first horse-drawn service linking Inchture village to Inchture station opened, through to the closure of the last traditional tramway - Glasgow - in 1962.

Concentrating on the big city systems that survived the Second World War - Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow - the book provides a comprehensive narrative, detailing the history of these operations from 1945 onwards, with full fleet lists, maps and details of route openings and closures.

The story is supported by some 200 illustrations, both colour and black and white, many of which have never been published before, that portray the trams that operated in these cities and the routes on which they operated.
Bringing the story up-to-date, the book also examines the only second-generation tramway yet to be built in Scotland - the controversial system recently constructed in Edinburgh - as well as informing readers where it is still possible to see Scotland's surviving first-generation trams in preservation.

Auteur :Peter Waller
Présentation :112 pages, 29 x 23 x 1.7 cm, hardback
Illustration :25 photos en N&B et 175 en couleurs
Editeur :Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2016)
EAN:9781473823853
Livre : Regional Tramways - Scotland : 1940-1950s

Regional Tramways - Scotland : 1940-1950s

Langue : anglais

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Regional Tramways - The North West of England, Post 1945

This is the third in the 'Regional Tramways' series that covers the history of tramway operation in the British Isles. Focusing on North-West England, the book provides an overview of the history of tramways in the region from the 1860s, when one of the pioneering horse trams that predated the Tramways Act of 1870 operated in Birkenhead (the first tramway to operate in the British Isles), through to the closures of the last traditional tramways (Stockport and Liverpool) in 1951 and 1957.
It also looks at one great survivor the tramway in Blackpool that, fully modernized, continues to operate in the twenty-first century.

Concentrating on the systems that survived into 1945 Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Darwen, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Salford, SHMD and Stockport the book provides a comprehensive narrative, detailing the history of these operations from 1945 onwards, with full fleet lists, maps and details of route openings and closures.

The story is supported by almost 200 illustrations, both colour and black and white, many of which have never been published before, that portray the trams that operated in these towns and cities, and the routes on which they operated.
Bringing the story up to date, the book also examines the one second-generation tramway built in the region Manchester Metrolink as well as informing readers where it is still possible to see surviving first-generation trams from the region in preservation.

Auteur :Peter Waller
Présentation :192 pages, 29 x 23 x 1.9 cm, hardback
Illustration :200 photos en N&B et couleurs
Editeur :Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2017)
EAN:9781473862074
Livre : Regional Tramways - The North West of England, Post 1945

Regional Tramways - The North West of England, Post 1945

Langue : anglais

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Regional Tramways - Yorkshire and North East of England

This is the second of a new series of books that will cover the history of tramway operation in the British Isles. Focusing on Yorkshire and the North-East of England, this book provides an overview of the history of tramways in the region from the 1860s, when one of the pioneering horse trams that predated the Tramways Act of 1870 operated for a brief period in Darlington, through to the closures of the last traditional tramways - Leeds and Sheffield - in 1959 and 1960, respectively.

Concentrating on the systems that survived into 1945 - Bradford, Gateshead, Hull, Leeds, Newcastle, Rotherham, Sheffield, South Shields and Sunderland - the book provides a comprehensive narrative, detailing the history of these operations from 1945 onwards, with full fleet lists, maps and details of route openings and closures.
The story is supported by some 200 illustrations, both colour and black and white.

Auteur :Peter Waller
Présentation :112 pages, 29 x 22.5 x 1.8 cm, hardback
Illustration :175 photos en N&B et 25 en couleurs
Editeur :Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2016)
EAN:9781473823846
Livre : Regional Tramways - Yorkshire and North East of England

Regional Tramways - Yorkshire and North East of England

Langue : anglais

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Early Tramways In Yorkshire: a Golden Age

Via breathtaking, pin-sharp photographs - sourced from rare postcards and exclusive glass plate negatives - this book lavishly illustrates the early years of tramways across Yorkshire from Sheffield to Hull, from Doncaster to Keighley and areas in between including Rotherham, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds.
The onlooker today, besides being at one with the enthralled locals celebrating their new tramway systems, will not resist being enchanted by the everyday street scenes and people going about their daily lives, examples of which abound page after page in this glimpse into a long forgotten age.

Auteur :Peter Tuffrey
Présentation :144 pages, 25 x 17 x 0.9 cm, paperback
Illustration :232 photos en N&B
Editeur :Fonthill Media (GB, 2014)
EAN:9781781553497
Livre : Early Tramways In Yorkshire: a Golden Age

Early Tramways In Yorkshire: a Golden Age

Langue : anglais

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Regional Tramways - Midlands and South East England

This volume is the latest in a series of tramway books covering Britain's post war tram networks. The book covers the systems that survived the Second World War, in the Midlands and the South East of England, except London which will have a separate book.

This extensive volume, covers all the post war systems from their inception, through to closure, with often rare unpublished pictures depicting each operation, from horse tram days through to the end.
The book has good maps and material that will be of value to tramway modellers, with a selection of colour illustrations for livery details.

Auteur :Peter Waller
Présentation :176 pages, 29 x 23 x 1.5 cm, hardback
Illustration :175 photos en N&B et 25 en couleurs
Editeur :Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2018)
EAN:9781473871144
Livre : Regional Tramways - Midlands and South East England

Regional Tramways - Midlands and South East England

Langue : anglais

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Regional Tramways - Wales, Isle of Man and Ireland, Post 1945

This is the latest book in a series that covers the history of Britain's post war tram systems. This volume covers the networks in Wales, the Isle of Man and Ireland.

Peter Waller, has looked at each system and found new material, that has not been published before, in any previous publication. All the networks covered in this book, managed to survive the second World War and in some cases operated into the early or mid 1950s, before being replaced by bus operations.

The volume is well illustrated, with some very rare B & W and colour material, previously never published.

Auteur :Peter Waller
Présentation :184 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm, hardback
Illustration :200 photos en N&B et couleurs
Editeur :Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2018)
EAN:9781473861909
Livre : Regional Tramways - Wales, Isle of Man and Ireland, Post 1945

Regional Tramways - Wales, Isle of Man and Ireland, Post 1945

Langue : anglais

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