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Tiny Stations by Dixe Wills (Hardcover, 2014)
The Cotswold Library (766408)
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An eccentric look at lost Britain through its railway request stops. Perhaps the oddest quirk of Britain's railway network is also one of its least well known: around 150 of the nation's stations are request stops. Take an unassuming station like Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire - the scene of a fatal accident involving thousands of carrots. Or Talsarnau in Wales, which experienced a tsunami. Tiny Stations is the story of the author's journey from the far west of Cornwall to the far north of Scotland, visiting around 40 of the most interesting of these little used and ill-regarded stations. Often a pen-stroke away from closure - kept alive by political expediency, labyrinthine bureaucracy or sheer whimsy - these half-abandoned stops afford a fascinating glimpse of a Britain that has all but disappeared from view. There are stations built to serve once thriving industries - copper mines, smelting works, cotton mills, and china clay quarries where the first trains were pulled by horses; stations erected for the sole convenience of stately home and castle owners through whose land the new iron road cut an unwelcome swathe; stations created for Victorian day-tripping attractions; a station built for a cavalry barracks whose last horse has long since bolted; and many more. Dixe Wills will leave you in no doubt that there's more to tiny stations than you might think.Product Identifiers
PublisherAA Publishing
ISBN-139780749575618
eBay Product ID (ePID)201346741
Product Key Features
Book TitleTiny Stations
AuthorDixe Wills
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicRailway, Travel Writing
Publication Year2014
Number of Pages352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width135mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDixe Wills
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 20 Jan, 2021
An excellent read, full of great little historical stories
This is the second copy of the book I bought. I loved reading the book with its quirky histories and hidden love story for the journey. I lent it to a friend who like it so much, I never got it back again, hence the new copy. It's a book I would be happy to read again in a couple of years.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Mar, 2022
Tiny Churches - interesting and good value. Tiny stations less so.
Disappointed that there are no photographs to accompany the text. I bought "Tiny Churches" at the same time, and it was much better, and had photographs as well as a description.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Dec, 2024
Light enough to carry with you.
It was ok,only thing that there is no pictures which I was looking forward to. I though it a good read ,so I am very pleased with it . I will tell my friends about it. I did not know that there was so many . I will have to check them out. Thanks so much.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 May, 2018
It's a book about railway stations
If you want to know about small out-the-way railway stations this is the book for you.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 Feb, 2019
Interesting
Interesting and in formative on a little known topic.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
