Isle of Man..Transport round the Isle of Man

If you are familiar with our wheels around series of books then you will know what to expect here as this could easily have been called Wheels around the Isle of Man - the only difference is that this book is in a larger format and contains shipping too.Ken and Steven probably have the best collection of Isle of Man postcards and photographs extant and the photographs in this title can only be described as sumptuous. There are 18 or so pages on railways, about equally devoted to the Steam Railway, the Manx Railway & the Snaefell Mountain Railway. About twelve pages are devoted to tramways and similar, and aviation, civil and military, features on the next 20 pages ( incidentally, my dad flew my mum to the IOM during the war - they met at RAF Heathhall in Dumfries - so that's one copy of the book spoken for already) and this is followed by 30 pages of shipping. Included here are lifeboats, wrecks, coastal steamers, pleasure boats etc.etc. On to the road and we have fourteen pages of buses and 20 pages of car & carriage stuff, from early motor charabancs to motor racing. Last and definitely least (only kidding ) is motorcycle racing - as befits an island so steeped in same.If you are interested in the Isle of Man or some of the aforementioned transport themes, then you will want this book.

Author: Steven Dearden and Ken Hassell
Publisher: Stenlake
Extra Details: Pictorial Card Covers 7 x 10 inches tall, lavishly illustrated with Old B&W photos throughout.