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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century “Strip” Maps

16th November 2021 Going Postal 3269 Comments

Introduction Sorry to disappoint you so early in the piece, but this article is not about the antics of the young Tom Jones, although undoubtedly he and his dissolute friends could and should have availed [more…]

Britain’s Forgotten Railways – The Stainmore Railway – part 1

7th June 2021 Going Postal 2044 Comments

My grandfather spent his working life as a fireman on the railways and my father, having grown up living next to a busy railway line, was a big railway enthusiast so it’s perhaps not surprising [more…]

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century “Strip” Maps

Britain’s Forgotten Railways – The Stainmore Railway – part 1

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