Railways and Recollections 34 1979

In this volume we travel back to 1979, the year in which the Royal Navy withdraws from Malta; the Jubilee Line opens, Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister, the Central Milton Keynes shopping centre opens and Foreign exchange controls are abolished. For the younger reader there are wonderful pictures, including tank engines, steam engines, electric trains and multiple units and many more varieties. Some will be recognised from train sets, model railways and books, while others will be seen for the first time. For the older reader the books are designed to build into a collection placing the railway in the context of key events thus providing an historical perspective of travel in times past. For those old enough to remember the years depicted, the series will, we hope, provide reminders for many of school days; time perhaps spent train-spotting, shed bashing and generally gricing.