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“When a train passes a signal box, the signal man sends an electric bell message to the next cabin. This means the “train has passed my section of line!“(1955)
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On this day 27th March 1963 Beeching announced that the railway network was to be cut by a quarter & named over 2,000 stations destined for closure
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“Far out in the bay they can see the sails of little yachts.
Beyond them is a liner sailing westwards, its smoke a dark blur in the sky”
In The Train, 1955
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“When a train passes a signal box, the signal man sends an electric bell message to the next cabin. This means the “train has passed my section of line!“(1955)
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The modern world in old Ladybird books, 1955.
“Barges are loaded with goods from factories built beside canals. Barges may be towed by horses or driven by their own motor engines”
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The modern world in old Ladybird books.
“An escalator is an endless belt of stairs driven by electricity. You should get on with your left foot, and step off the same way” (1955)
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“Now there are little boats and sailing ships; children are on the sands digging castles and paddling.
The end of the journey is near and the sun is shining” (1952)
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Ladybird book in the spotlight.
In the Train with Uncle Mac, 1955
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Ladybird and the wider world, part 27.
'In the Train', Ivor the engine, Jones the steam and Owen the signal
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On this day in Ladybird history 27th March 1963 Beeching announced that the railway network was to be cut by a quarter & named over 2,000 stations destined for closure
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Then and now, part 7.
WH Smith's at the station (1955 and today)
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The modern world in old Ladybird books, part 109.
"Just outside London is a huge signal cabin" (1955)
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“When a train passes a signal box, the signal man sends an electric bell message to the next cabin. This means the “train has passed my section of line!“(1955)
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Ladybird in context.
Railway poster and ‘In the Train’ (1955)
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The modern world in old Ladybird books.
The underground carriage, 1955
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The modern world in old Ladybird books, 1955.
“Barges are loaded with goods from factories built beside canals. Barges may be towed by horses or driven by their own motor engines”
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On this day 16th February 1965 Dr Richard Beeching recommended the axing of a quarter of the railway system, saying that it was bloated and under-used
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The modern world in old Ladybird books.
‘How to ride an escalator’ 1955.
(Apparently you should step on and off with your left foot)
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RT @LBFlyawayhome: “Now there are little boats and sailing ships; children are on the sands digging castles and paddling.
The end of the journey is near and the sun is shining” (1952)
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