A Bibliography of the History of Inland Waterways, Railways and Road Transport in the British Isles, 2001 This is the seventeenth of these annual bibliographies. annual listing. (Michael Woods is collecting data on Peter Somervail has been one of the regular the ever-growing number of railway-related official contributors from the beginning, submitting details publications.) As regards periodical publications, of historical articles published in Waterways World however, only historical articles are noted; the and of books reviewed there; however, he has now contemporaneous literature is too just too extensive. requested leave to retire. Fortuitously this followed There is also a degree of selection: short items of an offer from Tony Harvey to widen the range of less than a page and articles that are a re-working of waterway periodicals that are systematically searched previously published work are generally omitted. (the first results of this appear below) and to lead the Publication of annual bibliographies was always compilation of the Canal and River Navigations seen as an interim service. As their number increases, section. This is also the last year that John Langford searching through them becomes ever more daunting. is able to provide the main input on Irish publications. Some form of cumulative publication is needed, In thanking these member for their past and future back-dated to cover earlier years. The accumulated support, this is an opportunity to thank also the other data on railway books and pamphlets up to 1995 was regular contributors, several of whom have also been included in Ottley’s Bibliography of British Railway involved since 1985: Alan Jackson, Paul Reynolds, History: second supplement and it is expected that Paul Sowan, Donald Steggles, Richard Storey and there will be a third supplement in due course. Donald Michael Thomson. Matthew Searle is one of the Steggles will soon complete a bibliography of some editors, jointly with myself, as well as a major 5,000 railway articles that have been published in contributor. Thanks are also extended to the non-railway periodicals; it is hoped that it will appear following institutions and their staff for access to their in 2003. It would not take too long to complete an collections: the Boat Museum (Diana Sumner, inland waterway bibliography, covering the Archives & Record Officer), National Waterways periodical literature as well as books and pamphlets, Museum (Pauline Lillicoe, Librarian), Public Record if there were one or two more volunteers with access Office, Science Museum and Waterways Trust (Roy to a major library. As regards bibliographies of Jamieson, Archives Assistant). The Ian Allan articles in railway periodicals and road transport, the Bookshop at Waterloo have kindly continued to allow ideal seems quite a long way off. Interim biblio- protracted browsing of their shelves from time to graphies are a more appropriate aim here, perhaps time. in an electronic format, published on CD-rom or the It is also perhaps an appropriate time to re-state internet, so that they can be readily expanded. the scope and aims of the Society’s bibliography Further regular contributors would be welcomed, project. As far as practicable, the bibliography of particularly for searching periodicals that are not yet books and pamphlets is comprehensive, covering covered or with a special interest in aspects of road both contemporaneous and historical literature. This and road transport history, London Transport or Irish includes government and other official publications, transport. although these are not actually published in the Grahame Boyes Ott.xxxx indicates an entry in Ottley’s Bibliography of British Railway History. † indicates that the item has not been seen so the details are uncertain. 178 SECTION G GENERAL GA GENERAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF RAIL A pictorial history based on the Museum’s collections. TRANSPORT IN THE BRITISH ISLES GC1d England—West Midlands Region 1 BAGWELL, PHILIP and LYTH, PETER. Transport in Britain: from canal lock to gridlock. Hambledon & London, 2001. pp 13 MILLER, JOHN (comp). Extracts: a selection of notes and maps xv, 272, 28 pl. 4 figs, 18 tables. reproduced from visit notes compiled by the West Midlands A history, 1750–2000. pp219–58, notes and bibliography. Group, RCHS, no 1: West Midlands canals and railways. Heartland Press, 2001. pp [iv], 37 maps. GC TRANSPORT IN PARTICULAR REGIONS OF THE GC1e England—East Midlands Region BRITISH ISLES 14† PERKINS, PETER, STARMER, GEOFFREY and GC1b England—South West Region SHEFFIELD, ROY comp. on behalf of Northamptonshire 2 CHARD HISTORY GROUP. The roads, canal and railways of Industrial Archaeology Group. A guide to the industrial heritage Chard. Chard, 2001. pp48. of Northamptonshire. [J. Stanley?], 2001. pp101. 95 illns. Incorporates The Chard Canal (1967) and The story of the 15† [SKINNER, P.] On the move: a history of transport in Northamp- roads of Chard (1968). tonshire. Rotary Club of Rushden Chichele, [1999]. pp [?]. 3 HARRIS, CHRIS. Exploring Wilts & Dorset country: a past A pictorial history. and present companion. Past & Present Publng, 2000. pp96. GC1f England—East Anglia Contemporary photographs of bus services, railway scenes 16 BALCHIN, NIGEL and FILBY, PETER. A guide to the and the countryside served alongside identical scenes in industrial archaeology of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough. former years. Assocn for Indl Arch., 2001. pp52. 90 photos, 7 maps. 4 MESSENGER, MICHAEL. Caradon & Looe: the canal, Gazetteer of 200 sites in the county of Cambridgeshire as it railways and mines. New edn of Ott.8471. Twelveheads Press, existed 1974–97, c60 transport-related. 2001. pp168. 222 illns. GC1h England—North West Region GC1c England—South East Region 17 JARVIS, ADRIAN. Transport in Liverpool. Ian Allan, 2001. 5 DEWEY, JUDY and STUART, with the Cholsey History Group. pp96. Many illns, incl col. [Glory Days series.] Change at Cholsey again!: over a thousand years of village life. A chiefly pictorial record of ferries, urban railways, trams Pie Powder Press, on behalf of Cholsey 1000 Plus, 2001. pp252. and buses in the 1950s and ’60s. Many photos. Ch 6 (pp112–31), River, road and rail. GC2 Scotland 6 RYAN, MEG and HARDING, KEITH. Betchworth within 18 BROTCHIE, ALAN. Wheels around Perth. Stenlake, 2001. living memory: ah yes I remember it well. Goodness Gracious, pp48. 2001. pp192. Many photos. A pictorial record of road transport, trams and railways. Based on three booklets by Ryan, 1984. pp175–83 describe 19 GRIEVES, ROBERT. Wheels around Ayrshire. Stenlake, 2001. railway and bus transport and Harding’s Coaches. pp48. 7 SMITH, DENIS. Civil engineering heritage: London and the A pictorial record of road transport, trams and railways. Thames valley. Thomas Telford, 2001. pp viii, 331. 106 illns, 8 20 GRIEVES, ROBERT. Wheels around Inverclyde. Stenlake, drwgs, 19 maps, 4 tables. 2001. pp48. Gazetteer of civil engineering monuments, the majority A pictorial record of road transport, trams and railways. transport-related. GC3 Wales 8 YATES, NIGEL (ed). Kent in the twentieth century. Boydell Press / Kent County Council, 2001. pp xxiv, 418. 56 pl, 5 maps 21 BOWEN, RAYMOND E. The Burry Port & Gwendreath Valley (2 fldg), 11 figs, 45 tables. [Kent history project, 6.] Railway and its antecedent canals; ed. by Martin R. Connop Ch 4 (pp117–52), Transport, by Gerald Crompton; covers Price, vol 1: The canals. Oakwood, 2001. pp184. 43 illns, 12 road, rail and cross-Channel transport and Channel Tunnel. maps & plans. [Oakwood library of railway history, no 116A.] Appx III (pp378–94), The General Strike in Kent, 1926, by The Kidwelly & Llanelly Canal & Tramroad Co. and its Paul Hastings; many refs to railway and tramway workers. associated waterways and tramroads. London 22 COLE, W. STUART. Transport in Wales in the new millenium. Trans. Cymmrodorion, n.s. vol 6 (2000) pp167–88. 9 GENT, JOHN (ed). Croydon’s transport through the ages. The Ben G. Jones Memorial Lecture 1999. Argues that the Croydon Natural Hist & Scientific Soc, 2001. pp96. 201 illns National Assembly of Wales be given a more comprehensive (63 col.), 12 maps. role in order to achieve an integrated transport policy. A pictorial history from c1810. 10 GREEN, OLIVER. Underground art: London Transport posters GC4 Ireland 1908 to the present. 2nd edn of Ott.19043. Laurence King, 2001. 23 JOYCE, JOHN. Graiguenamanagh: a town and its people: an pp160. 236 illns (224 col.). historical and social account of Graiguenamanagh & Tinna- 11 NEAD, LYNDA. Victorian Babylon: people, streets and images hinch. 2nd edn. Graigue Publns, 2001. pp x, 229, fldg map. in nineteenth century London. Yale Univ Press, 2000. pp viii, Incl 3 chs covering development of the Barrow Navn, and a 251. 85 illns (some col.). history of road bridges in the area. Pt 1, ch 2 (pp27–56), Great Victorian ways, deals with the 24 POLLOCK, VIVIENNE and PARKHILL, TREVOR. Coleraine social and psychological impact of new road and railway & the Causeway coast. Sutton Publng, 2000. pp128. [Britain construction in the city. in old photographs series.] 12 TAYLOR, SHEILA (ed). The moving metropolis: a history of A photographic record. Ch 3 (pp29–38), Crossing the gap London’s transport since 1800; intrdns by Oliver Green. (bridges) and ch 4 (pp39–46), On the move (road and rail Laurence King / London’s Transport Museum, 2001. pp400. transport). Many illns, chiefly col. 179 GC6 Isle of Man 34 RUDDOCK, TED (ed). Masonry bridges, viaducts and 25 DEARDEN, STEVEN and HASSELL, KEN. Transport round aqueducts. Ashgate Variorum, 2000. pp xxxv, 363. [Studies in the Isle of Man. Stenlake, 2001. pp112. the history of civil engineering, vol 2.] A pictorial record. Reprints of selected papers, with introduction by the editor. Those relevant to this bibliography are entered individually. GE TRANSPORT ENGINEERING GE4 Mechanical engineering 26 BRABBS, DERRY. England’s heritage. Cassell / English 35 MANKTELOW, PETER. Steam shovels. Shire, 2001. pp32. Heritage, 2001. pp [ii], 416.