Artikelname: Heywood

Artikelname: Lancashire's Last Days of Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: Although not the first railway in Britain, the George Stephenson-engineered Liverpool & Manchester railway was really the catalyst for railway expansion throughout the country. As such, it can be argued that Lancashire was the birthplace of the national railway network and within the county itself the volume of railway traffic, even as late as 1950, was so great that it was home to 1,897 steam locomotives. Covering the 1950s and '60s, this book not only gives an account of the last days of steam, but also the last days of an extensive network before the Beeching cuts took effect. The author and his camera gained access to many of the county's key railway sites and also the men who worked there, and the story of those years is accompanied by fifty-eight superb photographs, each one graced with the essential steam locomotive. Locations include: Springs Branch, Red Bank Sidings, Lostock Hall, Carnforth, Patricroft, Skew Bridge, the Central Wagon Co. yard at Wigan, Garstang, Bank Hall, Aintree, Allerton, Earlestown, Winwick Junction, Dallam Branch Sidings, Trafford Park, Manchester Central, Manchester Victoria, Manchester Exchange, Bolton Trinity Street, Horwich Works, Westhoughton, Hindley North, Wigan Wallgate, Bamfurlong Junction, Lower Ince, Wigan North Western, Euxton Junction, Farington Junction, Farington, Farington Curve Junction, Huncoat, Preston, Poulton-le-Fylde, Maudlands Junction, Lancaster Castle, and Hest Bank.

Artikelname: Lancashire's Lost Railways
Artikelbeschreibung: A county which can justifiably claim to be the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Lancashire was also, as a result, one of the first in Britain to develop a comprehensive railway network. As soon as local entrepreneurs worked out that the two perfectly complemented each other, the railways and industrialisation developed in tandem. This new history of the county's railways tells the story of the heyday of the Victorian Age, and also the slow decline from the 1920s to the Beeching era of the 1960s, and features fifty superb period photographs. The locations illustrated include: Blackpool Central, Greenfield, White Bear, Gillett's Crossing, Wrea Green, Bradley Fold, Bolton Great Moor Street, Pennington, Kenyon Junction, Holcombe Brook, Tottington, Brinscall, Feniscowles, Delph, Knott End, Preesall, Garstang & Catterall, Great Harwood, Glasson Dock, Halsall, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Oldham Werneth, St Helens Central, Middleton Junction, Morecambe Euston Road, Bare Lane, Heysham Harbour, Oldham Clegg Street, Park Bridge, Skelmersdale, Longridge, Ribbleton, Grimsargh, Fleetwood, Bacup, Walkden Low Level, Hesketh Bank, Hutton & Howick, Haslingden, Lancaster Green Ayre, Caton, Hornby, Wigan Central, Bickershaw & Abram, Worsley and Thornton-for-Cleveleys.

Artikelname: Moston Colliery Manchester - A Victorian Super-Pit
Artikelbeschreibung: Moston was an early 19th century pit, which was flooded, quite dramatically but without loss of life to the men, boys or horses that were working underground at the time. Messrs Platts of Oldham, the textile machinery makers, who needed coke for their iron works, sank a new pit and at the time, it was one of the most modern in the Manchester coalfield, with state-of-the-art shafts and machinery. At the time of Nationalisation, in 1947, it was thought that Moston had nearly 100 years of life, but it closed in 1950 because of steeply inclined seams. This is the story of a typical Manchester Colliery, one of many pits, which are now virtually forgotten. Where hundreds of people worked and where hundreds of thousands of tons of coal left in the coal trains, now there is nothing to see; just the memories of a few ex-miners and their families. The author's father worked his way up from being a hewer of coal to an Overman of the pit. He took his son underground with him on the occasional weekend, kindling an interest, which he has retained all his life. The colliery, situated near to Oldham was only two miles from Manchester City centre, closing in June 1950 after 130 years activity, ending up nearly 2,000 feet deep. It covers the production; history of the company; social conditions in the pit; the ponies and pit cat (the rat catcher) and details of the near disaster when the pit was inundated with water in 1884. The pit's history must be similar to many others but research over the years has brought to life once more this important employer and provider of work, long gone and almost forgotten.

List price £14.99 , Pennine Books price £8.99.

Artikelname: Oldham
Artikelbeschreibung: This book looks at the ever changing face of Oldham. Using a fascinating sequence of nearly 200 old photographs this well-known local author has compiles a book that will intrigue the reader. Oldham is a town torn and patched by change. Photographs like these bring back some of the lost scenes, people and events and invite us to have a second look. Most of the photographs have been selected from the excellent archives at the Oldham Local Studies Library and represent the work of amateur and professional photographers over the last century of Oldham's illustrious history.

Artikelname: Preston
Artikelbeschreibung:  Pictorial Card Covers 5 x 7 inches tall, 128 Pages, Lavishly illustrated with old B&W photos throughout.

Having seen the modern Pteston skyline a visitor may be forgiven for thinking that this town has little surviving evidence of irs history. This would be a grave mistake for although much has been lost there is also much still to see and if one looks a little deeper, one discovers that there is a wealth of recorded evidence of irs recent history.This fascinating collection of over 200 old phorographs shows not only scenes of the town itself but also some of the Prestonians who have lived and worked here, from the 1850s to the 1950s. In this book, the author's third on the town, the photographs have been selected to give an overall view of the town so that the reader sees sights and activities that would have been known to Preston's ordinary people rather than just pictures of the town's 'dignitaries' and "official events"

Artikelname: Rochdale
Artikelbeschreibung: Cast a backward glance, through the camera's eye, to the days when Rochdale was a bustling milltown. Picture the streets and long vanished landmarks, mills, old halls, schools, churches, the market and an uncovered river. Recall the heyday of the canal and later the trams and railway, as the changes forced by the Industrial Revolution altered landscapes, and buildings swallowed up the countryside surrounding the town. Above all, witness the working days and leisure pursuits of the ordinary people who lived through this period of extraordinary change. All the images in this book were chosen from the extensive photographic collections of Rochdale Local Studies Library, including photographs taken by the town's amateur and professional cameramen between the late 1840s and mid-1950s. Many of the photographs are unique to the collection, including rare interiors, parades, the fairground, street scenes, buildings, workplaces and, of course, the people of Rochdale, at work and play.

Artikelname: The Industrial Railways of St.Helens, Widnes & Warrington Vol 1 St.Helens
Artikelbeschreibung: In 1991-95 Runpast Publishing produced a series of four books on the industrial railways of the Lancashire coalfield. This book is a continuation of the series in the same style, by two of the original authors, but is now published by the IRS.

Artikelname: The Industrial Railways of St.Helens, Widnes & Warrington Vol 2
Artikelbeschreibung: Latest in this definitive series on the industrial railways of the St Helens region. Includes a special section on Pilkington Brother's narrow gauge sandpit railways.

Artikelname: The Manchester Ship Canal: The Big Ditch
Artikelbeschreibung: The history of the MSC can be traced to the Stone Age. When the MSC was being constructed in the 1880s, dug out canoes were discovered at two locations throughout its length, where a river previously existed. The owners of these canoes could not have had any direct bearing on the canal as it is today, but the discovery may indicate that the importance of the rivers Mersey and Irwell was recognised when mankind was in its infancy. This book provides a history and guide to the Inland Waterways System around Manchester, chartering their development from ancient beginnings, to their importance in the Industrial Revolution, to current redevelopment projects.

Artikelname: The Oldham Coalfield
Artikelbeschreibung: These pits are very old and the author has researched his subject using a variety of sources, from the newspaper reports of the day, and evidence from the "Report on Child Labour in the Coal Mines 1841", to some field studies and statistics from the lists of mines as well as old photographs and maps. Accompanied by informative text, it is a lasting record of the Oldham Coalfield.

Artikelname: The Pit Brow Women of the Wigan Coalfield
Artikelbeschreibung: This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the female colliery surface workers, or pit brow women, of the Wigan coalfield. The numbers of women working in mines grew rapidly after the Industrial Revolution. The practice continued until the Children's Employment Commission of 1842 outlawed women working below ground, leading to many families suffering huge losses of earnings. In Lancashire, many women soon started working on the colliery surface, grading the coal on conveyors or acting as general labourers, and the Wigan Coalfield employed more than any other area.There was enormous interest in these remarkable women, fostered by illustrated newspapers from the 1840s onwards. From the 1860s, Cambridge academic AJ. Munby turned his attention to the women and his detailed diaries form an important part of this study. The women themselves remain a fascinating and unique feature of both local and industrial history.

Artikelname: The Wigan Coalfield
Artikelbeschreibung: Through documents, the Wigan area can trace its coal mining activities as far back as 650 years, and for a brief spell in the late nineteenth century Wigan itself was proudly known as 'Coalopolis'. Mining machinery such as ventilation fans, winding engines, air compressors, pumps and haulage engines were manufactured around Wigan, the products of Worsley Mesnes Ironworks, Woods & Sons or Walker Brothers. The closure of the Bickershaw, Golborne and Parsonage mining complex in 1992, however, brought to an end the Wigan Coalfield's great era. Over 700 million tons of coal have been produced in the Wigan coalfield over the last 600 years, while a similar amount still lies below the ground. The recent ill advised rush to wipe out all trace of the British coal industry has temporarily closed the mines of the Wigan area, and sadly thousands of men with the specialist skills peculiar to the industry have found themselves without a career. The photographs in the compilation have been carefully selected from the collections of the Lancashire Mining Museum, Wigan Heritage Centre, and the Donald Anderson/Tony France Archive. It is a book that will provide an intriguing insight into the lives and working conditions of Wigan area miners, and is a testament to the region and its proud coal mining legacy.

I also have the companion volume by the same author in stock "The Pit Brow of the Wigan Coalfield"