Rose Lancashire Cotton

Greenwood, R.S. Photographs by W.H. Ashcroft, J.G. Blears, A.J. Cocker, J.A. Cox, D. Greenwood, R.S. Greenwood, Barry Hilton, Brian Hilton, I.G. Holt, P. Hutchinson, G.W. Morrison, K. Roberts, Eric Treacy.. LONDON MIDLAND STEAM ON THE EX-L & Y.. D. Bradford Barton, Truro, Cornwall, 1975.,
96 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 08511532314 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway spread itself for some 600 miles across the two counties of the Red and White Rose. Much of this way it ran through industrial areas where the typical backdrop was angular cotton mills, stone quarries and colliery spoilheaps, although in the Pennines hill scenery alternates with industrial towns....The book is broadly divided into the following subjects: Main line services; Yorkshire locals; Manchester and the Residentials; Liverpool; Horwich; Freight power; L & Y locomotives; Pugs; Todmorden; Summit Tunnel; the Oldham branch; Rochdale; Bury; Bolton; Southport; Blackburn; Accrington; the Scotswood - Red Bank ECS; and excursions." Previous owner's small stamp small business label on front pastedown, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, two small bumps to top edge of rear board. Dust jacket is price clipped, has minor edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds and two small bumps at top edge of rear panel, minor browning at edges. Very Good/Very Good.

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Woodruff, William: Beyond Nab End, Little, Brown Book Group 2003
ISBN: 0349116229 New

Born in 1916 into a working-class family in Lancashire, the author rose from poverty to become a distinguished author and historian. In the bestselling and critically acclaimed The Road to Nab End he recalled his early life among the cotton weavers of Blackburn. The current volume continues his adventures starting in 1933, when the worldwide Depression drove him to London to seek his fortune and discover his love of learning. Paperback 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches

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