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Roberts, Robert.
A Ragged Schooling: Growing Up in the Classic Slum
(Fontana, 2nd impression, 1979). Paperback. Light creasing to covers, newspaper article pasted to front endpaper, otherwise good. 189pp. Order No. NSBK-A10160
Keywords: 0006348947, education, schools, schooling, slums, housing, urban, cities, Britain, British, England, English, social history, Edwardian, industry, industrial, terraces, poverty, poor, cobbles, By Joe, cinema, magic lantern, railways, canals, Manchester, North West, Salford, Robert Roberts, apprentices, labour, labor, Labour party, Esperanto, TB, tuberculosis, working class, working classes, Charles de Gaulle
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Aldcroft, Derek H.
British Transport Since 1914: an Economic History
(David & Charles, 1975). Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly discoloured dustwrapper. 336pp. Order No. NSBK-A7276
Keywords: 0715368788, economy, economic, transport, social history, British, Britain, England, English, twentieth century, technology, technological, transport industry, Derek H. Aldcroft, railways, roads, public ownership, shipping, civil aviation, trains
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Ryan, John and Jeuda, Basil.
Railway Postcard Scenes of Cheshire:
(Cheshire Libraries, 1987). Paperback. Spine sun-faded and lightly creased, otherwise good, large format. pp. Order No. NSBK-A14899
Keywords: B001AGI5CS, Cheshire, steam trains, railways, postcards, postcard, history, locomotives, history, Chester, Northwich, Wirral, Crewe, lines, travel, transport
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Hill, Octavia.
House Property and its Management: Some Papers on the Methods of Management Introduced by Miss Octavia Hill and Adapted to Modern Conditions
(George Allen & Unwin, 1921). Intro. by I. G. Gibbon. Presented by M.M. Jeffery and Edith Neville. Scarce original. Hardback. Pages and boards browned with age, spine split a little at top end, and internally at binding, else a good copy. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C6430
Keywords: housing, Octavia Hill, dwellings, philanthropy, the poor, poverty, Victorian, England, tenants, town planning, urban history, Britain, England, British, English, history, house property, house management, Octavia Hill's essays, nineteenth century, papers, works, cottages, model dwellings, letters to fellow workers, women managers, Amsterdam, municipal, garden cities, period sources, contemporary comment
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Gourvish, T. R.
Mark Huish and the London North Western Railway: A Study of Management
(Leicester UP, 1972). Hardback. Very good in soiled and slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. 319pp. Order No. NSBK-A8221
Keywords: 0718511018, Mark Huish, railways, railway, trains, transport, London North Western, politicians, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, management, managers, Railway mania, Captain Mark Huish, steam engines
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Wojtczak, Helena.
Railwaywomen: Exploitation, Betrayal and Triumph in the Workplace. (CD Rom)
(Hastings Press, 2005). Please note that this is a CD (not an actual book) containing the book in electronic format. Foreword by Dr Colin Divall, Professor of Railway Studies. The first and definitive history of women working on the railways of Britain from 1830 to 2005, encompassing both manual and clerical staff and, to a lesser extent, shipping, workshop and catering employees. Contains a lot of material about women filling men's uniformed railway roles during the two world wars and over 200 photographs, most of which have never before been published. An entertaining read, which is also well-referenced to satisfy academics. CD. New, in perfect condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15915
Keywords: women, woman, gender, women's work, women and work, railways, railway workers, trains, steam, railwaywoman, railwaywomen, steam engine drivers, sexual discrimination, equal rights, harassment, workplace, workers, Britian, British, England, English, history, transport, British Rail, railway history, twentieth century, 20th
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Brooke, David.
The Railway Navvy: That Despicable Race of Men
(David and Charles, 1983). Hardback. Very good in slightly browned dustwrapper. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A13480
Keywords: 071538449X, trains, railways, history, railway workers, railway navvy, navvies, railwaymen, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, construction workers, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, Balaklava Railway, Crimea, Crimean War, railway building, locomotives
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Jones, Howard.
Steam Engines: an International History
(Ernest Benn, 1973). Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, overall good+ in slightly loose dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-J13973
Keywords: 0510129552, railways, trains, steam engines, history, steam traction, James Watt, transport
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Bagwell, Philip S.
Doncaster: Town of Train Makers, 1853-1990
(Doncaster, 1991). Signed by the author. Hardback. Outsized book, very good+. vii + 136pp. Order No. NSBK-A12364
Keywords: 0906976375, trains, railways, transport, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Doncaster, manufacture, engineering, plant works, factory, factories, Industrial Revolution, industrial, industrialisation, industrialization, nineteenth century, industry, work
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Harper, Edith K.
A Cornish Giant: Richard Trevithick
(E. & F. N. Spon, 1913). Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Covers soiled, some wear and chipping to edges, otherwise good. 61pp. Order No. NSBK-A15193
Keywords: B002JJLYGO, Cornwall, Cornish, engines, locomotives, railways, steam, history, Richard Trevithick, engineers, mechanical, pamphlets, booklets, booklet, pamphlet, eighteenth century, nineteenth century
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