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Author: T. P. Fielden Publisher: Charnwood ISBN: 9781444834642 Category : Actors Languages : en Pages : 360
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Gerald Hennessey - silver screen star and much-loved heart-throb - never quite makes it to Temple Regis, the quaint seaside town on the English Riviera. Murdered on the 4.30 from Paddington, the loss of this great man throws Temple Regis's community into disarray. Not least Miss Judy Dimont - corkscrew-haired reporter for the local rag, the RIVIERA EXPRESS. Investigating Gerald's death, she's soon called to the scene of a second death, and, setting off on her moped, finds Arthur Shrimsley in an apparent suicide on the clifftops above the town beach. Miss Dimont must prevail - for why was a man like Gerald coming to Temple Regis anyway? What is the connection between him and Arthur? And just how will she get any answers whilst under the watchful and mocking eyes of her infamously cantankerous editor, Rudyard Rhys?
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This is a before and after nostalgic portrait of the London to Plymouth route, revealing the many changes that have been wrought to both the main line and branches once served by the legendary Cornish Riviera Express.
Author: Edwa Allhusen Publisher: Old House Books ISBN: 9781873590751 Category : England, Southern Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book was first published by The Great Western Railway in 1924 to enhance the enjoyment of their passengers on the 305 mile journey from Paddington to Penzance. Maps, line drawings and information about the towns and villages describe the glorious countryside of southern England that could be seen from the windows of The Cornish Riviera Express. This new edition includes 20 pages from Bradshaw's Railway timetables at the time this book was first published. Do you yearn for the days when train journeys were a pleasure? The creaking timbers of the carriages; the aroma of steam and smoke; the rattle and clank of points and the sudden sound of the whistle as you pass an unmanned crossing? This was when the sedate pace of the train, with windows held open by a thick leather strap, allowed time to watch the world go by. How much more you could see in those days! This book was published by The GWR to help their customers enjoy the experience. Each spread has a map and exquisite line drawings describing about six miles of the journey with charming descriptions of the 'long swift journey from London to Land's End that has about it a certain savour of romance, a spice of adventure, which no amount of familiarity of railway travelling can destroy'. We read of 'The Grand Junction Canal with bridges, barges and ducks all doing their best to make it picturesque'; crossing the Thames by the widest brick spanned bridge in the world and seeing the river crowded with punts and rowing boats; hurrying through Royal Berkshire where The River Kennet 'serpentines through a landscape too flat to offer any resistance to its whims and fancies'. Across 'the forbidding expanse of Salisbury Plain', beside The White Horse of Westbury and over the flat lands of Sedgemoor. A glimpse of Exeter Cathedral and the first sight of the sea! On beneath the rugged hills of Dartmoor to the 'tangled forest of shipping in Plymouth Sound'. Over Brunel's 'vast piece of imagination' the Royal Albert Bridge into Cornwall with palms on the platforms and viaducts over wooded valleys. Sandy beaches, rocky headlands and majestic St. Michael's Mount arriving at Penzance in time for tea. This beautifully written book describes more than a wonderful railway journey for it allows us a peep at the great swathe of southern Britain that was so well served by The Great Western Railway.
Author: TP Fielden Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0008193746 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 234
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‘A fabulously satisfying addition to the canon of vintage crime’ DAILY EXPRESS‘One of the best in the genre’ THE SUN‘Tremendous fun’ THE INDEPENDENT No 1 Ladies Detective Agency meets The Durrells in 1950s Devon