Tickets Please!

by Paul Atterbury

This is a winning mix of railway and social history, all brought to life by wonderful photographs and illustrations, many never seen before. It features long-lost tiny rural stations and halts as well as those that still serve bustling market towns and big cities. It shows the stations themselves, and fascinating photographs of the people who inhabited them, such station masters, signalmen and the passengers, from businessmen to families. It includes an insight into areas such as station advertising and toy stations - topics that capture the imagination and our sense of fun. A variety of special feature spreads stations and animals, great disasters, station clocks, gardens, station art and stations in films. Each chapter also includes a 'Wish You Were Here!' spread displaying old postcards of the stations.

Genres: Railways, Transport

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 29, 2006

About the author

Paul Rowley Atterbury, FRSA is a British antiques expert, known for his many appearances since 1979 on the BBC TV programme Antiques Roadshow. He specialises in the art, architecture, design and decorative arts of the 19th and 20th centuries. - Wikipedia

Reviews

[Josepha Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is for the train enthusiast. It is divided into small sections so can be dipped in and out. It is copiously illustrated especially with vintage postcards. It was published in 2006 so not totally up to date. It does cover the railways in war time and the effect of Beeching. I read small sections at a time and feel sure I will relook at it. I expect the illustrations may be the only evidence left for some stations.