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Books Cumbria : History : Transport (other than Railways)

Transport (other than Railways)

Road, Air, Sea Transport
A List of the Cumberland Shipping

A List of the Cumberland Shipping

William Sawyers
£10.00

Corrected up to February 1840. Reprinted edition.

Publisher : Michael Moon
Published : 1975
Pages : 38
Format : Paperback.

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An Aeronautical History of the Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway Region - Part 3: 1931 to 1939

An Aeronautical History of the Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway Region - Part 3: 1931 to 1939

Peter Connon
£39.95

IT was thrilling, stylish, adventurous, heroic … and potentially deadly dangerous. The Golden Age of Aviation that started in 1927 with Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic in Spirit of St. Louis was in full flow in Britain throughout the 1930s. The Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway region’s story during that fast-moving decade of aircraft advancement has now been published in fascinating detail by Carlisle flying enthusiast Peter Connon.

Publisher : Peter Connon
Published : June 2017
Pages : 438p
Format : Hardback; 300 x 220mm

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Cumberland Motor Services 1912 - 2012

Cumberland Motor Services 1912 - 2012

Harry Postlethwaite
£15.00

A pictorial review marking the centenary of the Cumberland Motor Services Company.

Publisher : Venture Publications
Published : August 2012
Pages : 88p.
Format : Paperback. 297 x 210mm.

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Cumberland Motor Services 1912 - 2012
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Cumbria Airfields in the Second World War ( Including the Isle of Man )

Cumbria Airfields in the Second World War ( Including the Isle of Man )

Martyn Chorlton
£12.99

This book describes the history of each airfield in Cumbria and the Isle of Man and the varied but vital roles they played in Britain's air war between 1939 and 1945. It also records the lives of the people caught up in the titanic struggle - both military and civilian.

Publisher : Countryside Books Aviation
Published : Sept 2006
Pages : 256
Format : 150mm x 210mm

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Cumbrian Traction

Cumbrian Traction

Gordon Edgar
£14.99

The drama of the Cumbrian countryside combined with some of the most powerful diesel and electric locomotives to be found anywhere in Britain.

Publisher : Amberley Books
Published : 2014
Pages : 96p
Format : Paperback; 235 x 165mm

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Cumbrian Traction
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Hayton Coulthard - One Hundred Years of Haulage

Hayton Coulthard - One Hundred Years of Haulage

John W Henderson
£35.00

Hayton Coulthard- One Hundred Years of Haulage is a record of a remarkable family and its dedication to drive forward a business through five separate generations, each with a contemporary attitude to progress. From a humble motorcycle and sidecar in 1916, right through to the technically complex 44-tonne articulated combinations of today, the Coulthards have witnessed an extraordinary amount of progress. One thing that has changed little though is the family’s ability to deliver bespoke road transport solutions for a wide variety of customers.

Publisher : Hayton Coulthard Transport Ltd
Published : June 2016
Pages : 277p
Format : Hardback; 210 x 271mm

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Hine Brothers of Maryport

Hine Brothers of Maryport

Robert Peel
£10.00

REDUCED FROM £25.00
The Sailing Fleet, based in Liverpool then Maryport - Volume 1. This story follows the sailing vessels founded by Wilfrid Hine in Liverpool.

Publisher : Cooil Publishing
Published : December 2012
Pages : 328p.
Format : Paperback; 280 x 216mm.

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Lakeland Steamers

Lakeland Steamers

Andrew Gladwell
£18.99

The first Lake District steamers were designed to serve the numerous villages and settlements along the side of the lakes.

Publisher : Amberley Publishing
Published : 30.03.2011
Pages : 144
Format : 235mm x 165mm paperback

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Lakeland Steamers
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Livin' in the outside lane: Working for Ribble and Standerwick - Reflections of a 1970s Bus and Coach Driver

Livin' in the outside lane: Working for Ribble and Standerwick - Reflections of a 1970s Bus and Coach Driver

Paul Kirkham
£14.99

Founded in Preston in 1919, Ribble Motor Services grew to be the largest and best known bus and coach operator in north-west England, its operating area stretching from the Solway Firth to the River Mersey. Following the break-up and privatisation in the late 1980s, it gradually disappeared from view. In its heyday between the 1950s and 1970s there are likely to have been few people in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland who had not at some time travelled on its buses or coaches. The company operated from some 30 garages.

Publisher : Ribwick Books
Published : February 2020
Pages : 302p
Format : Paperback; 234 x 155mm

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North-West Aircraft Wrecks - New Insights into Dramatic Last Flights

North-West Aircraft Wrecks - New Insights into Dramatic Last Flights

Nick Wotherspoon
£14.99

This book is a different approach to aviation archaeology, as the author, together with small, but dedicated, team of fellow enthusiasts explore aircraft crash sites in the North West of England, treating each of the incidents selected to detailed in-depth research and meticulous on-site investigation.

Publisher : Pen & Sword
Published : November 2006
Pages : 254
Format : 134mm x 215mm paperback

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Northern Canals - Lancaster, Ulverston, Carlisle & the Pennine Waterways

Northern Canals - Lancaster, Ulverston, Carlisle & the Pennine Waterways

Ray Shill
£14.99

Northern Canals Through Time follows on from the previous title by well-known author Ray Shill, North West Canals Through Time: Manchester, Irwell & the Peaks, as a study of waterways infrastructure.

Publisher : Amberley Publishing
Published : July 2014
Pages : 96p
Format : Paperback; 235 x 165mm

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Ribble under Nationalisation 1969 -1989

Ribble under Nationalisation 1969 -1989

Mike Rhodes
£22.50

Ribble Motor Services was formed in 1919 with its headquarters based in Preston. During the 1920s and 1930s the company rapidly expanded with the takeover of many smaller operators.

Publisher : Venture Publications
Published : December 2017
Pages : 128p
Format : Paperback; 295 x 210mm

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The Carlisle Ship Canal 1821-1853

The Carlisle Ship Canal 1821-1853

David Ramshaw
£13.00

The Carlisle Ship Canal had a very short life compared to most canals. Construction work began in 1819 and the canal was closed in 1853. As a result there is probably less known about it than many other canals which still exist today.

Publisher : P3 Publications
Published : November 2013
Pages : 128p
Format : Paperback; 295 x 210mm.

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The Carlisle Ship Canal 1821-1853
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The Heritage of the Solway Firth

The Heritage of the Solway Firth

James Irving Hawkins
POA

The Solway Firth is a major estuary and has been a communication route and a source of food for the inhabitants of its shores from the Mesolithic period to the present day. In times of war and border unrest the Firth and its major rivers have been used as natural lines of defence.
This book contains a collection of photographs and information gathered from many individuals and organisations.

Publisher : Friends of Annandale and Eskdale Museums
Published : 2006
Pages : 128
Format : Large paperback.

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The Keswick To Borrowdale Bus

The Keswick To Borrowdale Bus

Stuart Emmett
£11.95

This is a very personal book for the author as it originates back in 1955 when as a youngster he went for a camping holiday in the Lake District at Seatoller in Borrowdale. The book’s narrative therefore sets out from Stuart’s home town of Bradford to travel via Ambleside to Keswick and thence to Seatoller. This is a good hook around which to tell the story of the bus route.



Publisher : Stenlake Publishing
Published : 22 September 2020
Pages : 56p
Format : Paperback; 240 X 178mm

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The Royal Sailor Stagecoach - 1811-1842

Shirley L. Thornhill
£6.00

Reduced from £10.00, The Royal Sailor Stagecoach tells the history of the route from Carlisle to Whitehaven.

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Published : December 2008
Pages : 108p.
Format : Paperback; 210 x 148mm.

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Urban Buses in Northern England

Urban Buses in Northern England

Peter Tucker
£14.99

The North of England has long been an area of immense interest to bus enthusiasts. In Urban Buses in Northern England , Peter Tucker presents a fine selection of photographs representing the area's urban bus scene between the 1990s and the present day. Urban Buses in Northern England covers the North East, North West and Yorkshire regions of England, including operators such as Arriva, First, Northern, Stagecoach and Yorkshire Rider, plus much-loved independents such as Black Prince and OK Travel.

Publisher : Amberley
Published : July 2020
Pages : 96p
Format : Paperback; 235 x 165mm

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