Forget the Anorak
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Forget the Anorak

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eBook - ePub

Forget the Anorak

About this book

Michael Harvey's new book brings to its reader the excitement of trainspotting in the 1950s and 60s, the hobby's heyday. It was the advent of the famous Ian Allan ABC Locospotters books that really gave the hobby the impetus, as they gave transpotters all the information they required. Forget the Anorak sets out to provide the reader with a personal account of what the hobby entailed - teenagers roaming the railways of Britain, sleeping on deserted platforms on porters' trolleys, 'bunking' dimly lit depots and eluding capture, travelling hundreds of miles ona platform ticket, and stink bombs on the Underground. You'll be able to smell the steam, soot and unwashed socks, and taste the boiled egg sandwiches, the chips wrapped in newspaper and the hot jam doughnuts, all washed down with warm Tizer. Illustrated with Michael Harvey's own photographs and a selection of maps, Forget the Anorak will appeal to anyone who experienced the golden days of trainspotting, as well as to anyone interested in the social history of Britain after the Second World War.

Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2011
Topic
Technology & Engineering
eBook ISBN
9780752475615
Subtopic
Rail Transportation
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Trainspotting, a Hobby
  7. 2 The Focal Point
  8. 3 My ‘Other World’
  9. 4 Encounters of the Other Kind
  10. 5 A Bygone Age on our Doorstep
  11. 6 Always on a Sunday
  12. 7 Ten Go into the Unknown
  13. 8 No Time to Stop
  14. 9 Kings Cross via Doncaster
  15. 10 Look in the Directory
  16. 11 Footbridge of Delight
  17. 12 A Duo of Rovers
  18. 13 Miniatures and Ghosts
  19. 14 London, a 17-Hour Day
  20. 15 Play Up Pompey!
  21. 16 Eight Days on the Rails
  22. 17 Plain Stupid, but Good Fun!
  23. 18 Two in a Tent
  24. 19 Pranks and Protection
  25. 20 An Abundance of Pastimes
  26. 21 Strict Parents
  27. 22 A Tartan Escapade
  28. 23 Another Camping Fiasco
  29. 24 St James’s Park via JAP 591
  30. 25 A Very Shrewd Transaction
  31. 26 An Axe Falls and a Tent Rises
  32. 27 The Change-Over
  33. 28 The Sun Sets on the Southern
  34. 29 A Trainspotter’s Farewell
  35. Whatever happened to …
  36. Glossary
  37. Copyright

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