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Swindon Works 1930-1960 - Peter Timms

Swindon Works 1930-1960

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2014
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-4257-4 (ISBN)
CHF 42,90 inkl. MwSt
From 1841, when the Great Western Railway began building its works at Swindon, to 1986, when the works were closed, Swindon was a railway town
Swindon Works 1930–1960 is a fully revised and enlarged edition of Working at Swindon Works 1930–1960, first published in 2007. It describes various aspects of the famous railway works of the Great Western Railway, later British Railways Western Region.

Despite the disruption caused by economic depression, the Second World War, nationalisation and the transition from steam to diesel manufacture, the 1930s through to the 1950s was, in many ways, the greatest period in the Works’ long history. This book puts the company’s range of output into perspective and records the means by which it was achieved, particularly from the viewpoint of the workers but also from that of the company as a business.

As with most historical research, this account is made up of fragments from many varied sources, not least from first-hand recollections of those who worked ‘inside’. This book, together with the companion In and Around Swindon Works, sets out, for the first time, a comprehensive account of this vast subject over a thirty year period. The author also confronts many widely held views and dispels some of the myths, one being that ‘everything that can be written about the GWR has already been written’.

Peter Timms lives in Swindon and is a collector of books and documents about the Great Western Railway and other areas of local history in the 20th century.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.8.2014
Zusatzinfo 130 Illustrations
Verlagsort Chalford
Sprache englisch
Maße 172 x 248 mm
Gewicht 498 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Schienenfahrzeuge
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
ISBN-10 1-4456-4257-3 / 1445642573
ISBN-13 978-1-4456-4257-4 / 9781445642574
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