Tag: trains

• Underneath the Arches….

  This week’s Saturday Snapshot hasn’t moved far from Tamworth Station, because on this day (August 4) in 1839, railway pioneer George Stephenson drove one of his engines across the newly constructed 19 Arches spanning the Anker Valley at Tamworth. Behind the engine (which was named after the town) were six carriages packed local VIPs and…

  chrisharding53

  August 4, 2012

  George Stephenson, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Tamworth, The Arches, trains, viaduct

• Talking Trains with John Betjeman

  The older I get, the more I like John Betjeman, especially his prose, and particularly Trains and Buttered Toast, an anthology of his radio talks, mostly from the thirties, forties and early fifties. The subject matter is varied, but his enthusiasms are apparent: Victoriana, seaside towns, great British eccentrics, churches. Despite his campaigns to preserve…

  chrisharding53

  June 28, 2012

  BBC Home Service, Bradshaw, Essays, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, John Betjeman, Michael Portillo, trains, Trains And Buttered Toast