2019
My plan for 2019 is to use my facebook
page more and my website less.
I find
the facebook page much easier to use and
it enables interaction with my
followers.
It allows me to do links to websites and
post other interesting articles from
other sites, all in all a much better
more 21st century way of communicating.
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4/6/19
COMING SOON.
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What looks set to be the
definitive work on GWR Signalling.
"GWR Signalling Practice" by David J
Smith.
This fresh account of latter-day
GWR mechanical signalling practice
commences with an historical overview
tracing its development from primitive
beginnings,
follows with a description of
operating methods then considers in
detail the earlier and later patterns
of signal and their variety of
functions.
Outside appliances and apparatus
receive attention, as do signal boxes
and their equipment.
Treatment of the location of signals
is expanded with examples of signal
layouts on double and single lines,
and a case study of one particular
location.
A range of appendices and an index
complete the book, which is
extensively illustrated with
photographs, drawings and diagrams.
395 pages, over 260 photographs,
121 drawings (some official), 7
appendices, indexed.
£45 + p&p.
Advance orders taken.
15/5/19
I am AWAY until 24th
May-all orders etc. will be dealt with
after my return.
9/5/19
I now have
SIGNED copies of Colin Gifford's new
book (Transition) in stock. £35 incl. UK
p&p If you have pre-ordered I will
be in touch soon about how to pay.
It has been been worth the wait.
I hope to get all copies in the post
before I go away for about 10 days next
Thursday (16th) ALMOST SOLD OUT!!
20/4/19
Re Transition
by Colin Gifford.If all goes
to plan (!!) I should have signed
copies of Colin's new book from
8th May onwards.
I will contact everyone who has
shown interest in buying one and
sort out payment.I will endeavour
to get all copies despatched
before I go on holiday for a week
from 16th.
1/4/19
Transition
by Colin Gifford
Latest update
from the publisher!
The latest
positive news to relate to you
all is that I can now give you
a definite date for the
publication of this book.
It is not quite as soon as I
would have liked but I will
have the completed print-run,
bound and delivered and in
stock here on May 2nd. I will
be spending the time from now
until then organising the
dispatch of the books to you.
As most of
you want signed copies, the
priority will be to get Colin
to sign them as soon as I have
them delivered.
As this will be a Thursday,
and it is Bank Holiday weekend
two days later,
I would anticipate at this
stage that we will be sending
your books out during the week
commencing May 6th, providing
Colin's wrist keeps up the
pace!"
IF all goes
to plan (ha ha) I should have
my stock sometime in May.I
have a large order placed for
copies, all of which will be
signed (I hope) by Colin.
As soon as I
have copies to hand I will
advise everyone who has
ordered about payment etc.
I think it
will be worth the wait!
22/3/19
NEW books
from Lightmoor Press now
available:-
Operating
The Caledonian Railway
Volume One,Hardback £22.50
Private
Owner Wagons a Fifteenth
Collection,Hardback £22.50
The
Somerset & Dorset
Railway 1935-1966,Hardback
£25
The East
Somerset and Cheddar Valley
Railways,Hardback £30
All other
in print Lightmoor books
available for despatch
usually within 2 days (excl.
weekends)
14/3/19
Judging by their
"new titles catalogue" for books
due between April and September
2019 it looks like Pen & Sword
have a lot of confidence in the
railway book market
(I do wonder looking at some
of the titles if this confidence
is misplaced)
These are all listed as
coming......Great Western Grange
Locomotives,North British Type 2
Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Classes 21
& 29,The Modified Bulleid
Pacifics,
The Hayling Island Branch,Railways
and Industry in The Tondu
Valleys,Great Northern Railway
Gallery,The Great Western Society,
The Southern After Steam a vision
in blue and grey,British Steam
Military Connections (LMST Steam
Locomotives),Britian's Mechanical
Signalling,
A Railway History of New
Shildon,The Railway
Haters,Southern Region Electric
Diesel Locomotives and Units,
The Great Eastern Railway in South
Essex,Directory of British
Railways New and Reopened Stations
1948-2018, and An Encyclopaedia of
British Bridges.
All available to pre order.A few
interestng titles but a few
destined for the discount bin I
fear!
1/3/19
Latest update of the new Colin Gifford
book!!
Transition by Colin Gifford
So it now looks like April!! (not the
1st I hope)
As I need signed copies I expect it will
delay things so you may see it for
Christmas!
I am almost at the point of giving up
BUT as I am sure it will be worth the
wait I won't!!
Update 1st March 2019
The positive news to relate to you all
is that March 2019 is the month when the
book finally gets printed!
To give you a summary of what happened
in February, it is probably two steps
forward and two steps backwards.
I received some of the running
sheets on 13th February and was
impressed with the quality, so much so
that I gave instructions for the rest of
the pages to be printed
providing the consistency could be
maintained. They were just what we had
envisaged should be the finished product
right at the very beginning.
However, it was at this point that the
steps backwards occurred!
The printers informed me that
discussions were needed to sort out
responsibility and liability for the
work they had done already, despite me
having declined to accept it.
I shall not bore you with the finer
details but suffice it to say after much
discussion we have now reached a
mutually agreed position where we are
going to proceed
with the printing come what may.
The one thing we have also agreed is
that I shall be at the end of the press
passing the sheets as they come off and
providing the level of quality control
that has been required. In fairness to
the printers, we are probably the most
exacting customers they have ever had in
terms of our requirements, but it is
also perhaps equally symptomatic of the
modern print industry where most skills
are now in producing colour print rather
than the black and white you will
shortly see.
So as we finally reach the finishing
straight with hopefully no more hurdles
to overcome, the updates will become
more frequent as I let you know positive
dates for each
of the stages in the process. The actual
dates will become clearer over the next
couple of weeks as we progress each
stage.
The printers are at the moment unwilling
to commit themselves to a firm delivery
date until such time as the printing has
been approved and completed,
and in the light of what has happened
over the last few months I can
understand that.
You would normally expect the process to
take four to five weeks though.
I personally am on call to spend three
days with the printer – there is 30
hours of print time involved – and I
will let you all know as soon as I know
the date
I am called to watch the sheets come off
the press.
The possible launch of the book on World
Book Day will now not happen, nor its
introduction on the Spring Gala weekend,
but there is a Severn Valley Railway
Open House weekend on April 6th
and 7th complete with many other
attractions, so we will review that
possibility with how progress is over
the next couple of weeks.
I can only apologise again for these
delays. You have all been so
understanding over the months and
written such nice things that it has
certainly encouraged me to ensure the
best solution for what I am sure you
will appreciate, when you finally see
it, is a fitting example of the work of
one our finest railway photographers in
Colin Gifford.
8/2/19
UPDATE......Re "Transition" by Colin
Gifford.The LONG (VERY long) awaited
publication of this book is getting
nearer.I understand copies will be
available in March.
I have a substantial order in for SIGNED
copies, which may delay things a
bit.Rest assured as soon as I have
copies in stock I will post info.
here.Still taking orders if you want
one!
27/1/19
JUST IN..........small collection of OS
Maps.
OS Maps for sale,
all vgc
One-Inch Seventh
Series:- (paper unless stated)
120-Burton Upon
Trent 1962
128-Montgomery
& Llandrindod Wells 1952
132-Coventry and
Rugby 1946 (Cloth)
142-Hereford 1947
(Cloth)
149-Colchester 1946
(Cloth)
155-Bristol &
Newport 1961 (Cloth)
163-Barnstaple 1960
(Cloth)
165-Weston Super
Mare 1964 (Cloth)
168-Winchester 1959
(Cloth)
169-Aldershot 1961
(Cloth)
177-Taunton &
Lyme Regis 1960
179-Bournemouth
1966 (Cloth)
The Peak District
One-Inch Tourist Map 1960
Landranger (1 ¼ in
to 1 Mile)
56-Loch Lomond
& Inveraray Area
121-Lincoln
& Surrounding Area
180-Barnstaple
& Ilfracombe Area
187-Dorking,Reigate
& Crawley Area
188-Maidstone
& The Weald of Kent
193-Taunton to
Lyme Regis
194-Dorchester
& Weymouth
195-Bournemouth
Purbeck & Surrounding Area
196-Solent
& The Isle of Wight
197-Chichester
& The Downs
186-Aldershot
& Guildford
5-The English
Lakes North Eastern Area
Touring Map
& Guide 3-Lake District
Index to 1:25
000 Pathfinder Maps &
Outdoor Leisure Maps (1990)
110-Torquay
& Dawlish Newton Abbot
114-Exeter
& The Exe Valley
121-Arundel
& Pulborough,Worthing &
Bognor Regis
122-South Downs
Way,Steyning to
Newhaven,Brighton,Lewes
241-Shrewsbury,
Wem,Shawbury & Baschurch
23/1/19
SALE OF BRADFORD
BARTON BOOKS All HALF of the price on
my listings,(SEE LINK BELOW) for
DIRECT orders only with payment by
bank transfer, paypal or cheque ONLY.
All plus postage.Sale ends 10th
February 2019
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