'50s
'60s
1950s
1960s
A01=Michael G Harvey
Author_Michael G Harvey
boiled egg sandwiches
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Category=WGF
chips
depots
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fifties
golden days of trainspotting
hobby
hot jam doughnuts
ian allan ABC locospotters books
london underground
nostalgic
platform ticket
porters' trollets
post-war britain
railways of britain
sixties
soot
steam
stink bombs
teenagers
tizer
trainspotters
trainspotting
what trainspotting was really like
Product details
- ISBN 9780750934022
- Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Mar 2004
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Michael Harvey's new book brings to its readers 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 its impetus, as they gave trainspotters 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 on a 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.
Michael Harvey has had a lifelong interest in railways. He regularly travels all over the country to present illustrated talks relating to his trainspotting days. This is his fourth book.
