Wildfire Through Staffordshire

Wildfire Through Staffordshire

ISBN - 9781844917976 - Hardcover - A4 (297 mm x 210 mm)
The lines that made up the Grand Junction Railway now form the backbone of the West Coast Main Line. The first from the Railway Time Travellers Guide series, this book provides the reader with an opportunity to retrace the journey made in 1838, sadly though not by steam. Along the way our commentators delve into the lives of the people who dwell in the many manufacturing and agricultural towns along the route, their lives changed forever by the rolling tide of industrialization rapidly sweeping the land. This is truly a living, spoken local history at the dawn of the Victorian age. This publication is lavishly and uniquely supplemented with commissioned poems by Ian Henery as well as many antique views, vistas and rare maps from the period, and covers the first half of the journey from Birmingham to Liverpool or Manchester. Wildfire through Staffordshire is not only a must-have for railway enthusiasts and local historians, but appeals to anybody interested in Britain's history and heritage