Portmadoc 164, 165
Powell, Frank 46
Preston 120
Prestwick golf course 176–7, 178–9
Prosser, Thomas 42
Q
‘Q’ encampment, Richborough 260
Quakers 34, 108, 238, 258
Queen Mary 180
Queen Mother 260
R
rack and pinion railways 168
‘railway mania’ 238–41
railway policemen 38, 42
Rainhill Trials 30
Rannoch Moor 185, 186–7
rapper sword dancing 204–5, 205
Redruth 85
rhubarb-growing, Yorkshire 216, 217
Rhydmwyn chemical weapons factory 160–1
Ribblehead Viaduct 126–7, 128–9
Richborough 259–60
Rippon Duke, Robert 96
Rob Roy (Scott) 180
Robinson, Cedric 124
Rocket, Stephenson’s 30, 31, 102
Rolls, Dr Roger 67
Roman remains, Richborough 259
Romans 42, 63, 92, 150, 204, 259
Romney Marsh 262, 264
rope-making, Chatham 248–9
Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash 80, 81
Royal Military Canal 262, 264
Royal Observatory, Greenwich 244–7, 246
Royal Pavilion, Brighton 222, 223
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate 258
Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield 232, 233–4
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 49
Royal Station Hotel, Hull 45
Russell, Richard 222
Rye 264
S
salmon fishing, River Dart 75–9
Sandars, Joseph 26
Sandwich, Kent 16
Sangster, Chris 183
Santiago di Compostela 84
Scarborough 49, 50–1, 52–3
Schofield, Jonathan 33
Scott and Linton shipbuilders 180
Scott, George Gilbert 113–16
Scott, Walter 180–2
Scottish Meteorological Society 189
Scottish Parliamentary building, Holyrood 138
scouse (Labskause) 29–30
sea bass fishing, Bridlington 46
sea bathing 255–8, 258
Seashore Railway, Brighton 225
Second World War 59, 83, 109, 164, 191, 204, 230, 250, 252, 253–5
Settle & Carlisle line 124–32
Severus, Emperor 42
Sheffield 217–18
Shell Grotto, Margate 259
Sherlock Holmes stories 34
‘shoddy’ 214–17
Shrewsbury 153–4
Skye, Isle of 191, 192
slate mines, Blaenau Ffestiniog 164–5
slate quarries, Oban 184
slave trade triangle 28
Smedley, John 99
Smedley salemen 100–1
Smith, W. H. 260
Snowdon railway 165–8, 166–7
Somerset House 13, 117
Souter lighthouse 202
South Coast Railway 228–9
South Crofty mine, Pool 85–8
South Eastern Railway 262
South Hetton 204
South Shields 202, 204
Spence, Basil 109
St Austell 81
St Hilda’s Colliery, South Shields 198, 200–1
St Ives 88
St Leonard’s Church, Chapel-le-Dale 128–9
St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury 153–4
St Michael’s Cathedral, Coventry 109
St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere 134
St Pancras station, London 13, 112, 113–16, 114–15, 248
St Paul’s Cathedral 13, 116–17, 154, 229
St Piran’s Oratory 84
stable block dome, Buxton 92–6, 93
Staffordshire potteries 80
Starley, Mary 59
Starlight Special 10
steel industry, Sheffield 217–18
Stephenson, George 26–8, 27, 146, 196, 209, 255,
Stephenson, Robert 146, 160, 163, 168, 169, 196, 197, 255
Stevenson, John and Hugh 185
‘stiffs express’ 229–30
Stilton cheese 219
Stirchley Street station 105–8
Stock, Royden 113
stocking-frame 218
Stockton & Darlington Railway 209–10
Stoker, Bram 34, 210–11
Strawberry Line 70
Strutt family 102
Swann, Joseph 202
Swindon 56–9, 88
Great Western works 56–8, 60–1
Sydenham 226, 228, 229
T
Tarbet 180
tartan 179
Tay Bridge tragedy (1879) 94–5, 96–7
Teignmouth to Dawlish 74
Telford, Thomas 146, 155–8, 163
Temperance Movement 120, 188
Thatcher, Margaret 124, 128
Thermae Bath Spa 67
Thomas, Helen 146
timber trade, Highlands 182–3
time balls 244–7, 262
time zones 67
tin and copper mining, Cornwall 84–8, 85, 86–7
Tite, Sir William 230
tokens, single track 80, 185
Tonbridge 252
Torquay 74–5, 75
Totnes 78, 79–80
Transition Towns 79–80
Treaty of the Union (1707) 138–43
Treganna Castle 88
Trevithick, Richard 154
‘Trip’ 58–9
Trossachs 180, 182
Tunbridge Wells 252
Turkish bath, Harrogate 214, 214–15
Turner, J. M. W. 252
Turner, Karen 37
Tyler, Gerald 128–9
Tyndrum 183
U
Uranium 235 160
Urquart, David 214
V
Vermuyden, Cornelius 237
Vestiarium Scoticum 179
Victoria, Queen 43, 45, 179, 189, 211, 224–5, 252
Victoria station, London 229
Victory 248
Volks, Magnus 225
Volk’s Electric Railway Association 20–1
W
Wakefield 217
wakes weeks 52
Waller, Richard 110
Walmer Castle 260
Wapping to Rotherhithe tunnel 247–8
Ware, Samuel 230
Wash, The 237–8
Waterloo station, London 10, 229, 230
Watford 110
Watkins, Norman and Norma 123
Watkins family 149–50
Watt, David 136
Waverley station, Edinburgh 139
Webster, John 85–8
Wellington, Duke of 30, 260
West Coast Mail Line 132
West End of London & Crystal Palace Railway 229
West family 255
West Highland line 170–92, 173
West Hill Golf Club 230
West Pier, Brighton 224, 225
Weston, Henry 149
Weston’s perry 148
Whatman, James 252
whelk fishing, Whitstable 255
whisky distilleries 184–5
Whitby & Pickering Railway 210
Whitby 210–14, 212–13
Whitstable 255
whitebait dinners, Greenwich 247
Wilkinson, Bruce 105
William the Conqueror 265
Winchelsea 262, 264
wine making, Kent 264
Wolmar, Christian 30
Wood, John the Elder 62, 67
Wood, John the Younger 62, 67, 92
Woodlesford 217
Wordsworth, William 132–4
Wouldhave, William 203, 204
wove paper 252
Wragge, Clement Lindley 189
Wren, Sir Christopher 116–17
wrought iron 160, 163
Wyatt, Samuel 49
Y
Yates, John 153
Yatton 70, 74
York 42, 253
York station 42, 43
Yorkshire Dales 120, 124
Young, Dr John 143
Young, Gordon 135
Younger, Paul 202
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It has been a great privilege to work with the amazingly talented team responsible for Great British Railway Journeys. Thank you all. Special thanks to Michael Portillo and producer extraordinaire Fiona Caldwell, who helped me shape the series. Together we decided what routes to take, where we should stop, and what to do once we got there; together we wrote the scripts that have gone on to become the backbone of the book. Thank you too to Marc Beers, Chloe Sarfaty, Rob Daly, Laura Donaghey, Tim Brocklehurst and Colin Rothbart who, despite being the least likely band of train enthusiasts you are ever likely to come across, have spent many months filming Michael as he criss-crossed the country by rail. They are the ‘we’ in this book, and I am in awe of them.
Four books were invaluable in researching the series and book: A Historical Dictionary of the Railways in the British Isles by David Wragg; Fire and Steam by Christian Wolmar; The Victorian Railway by Jack Simmons; and Consuming Passions by Judith Flanders.
Special thanks to Liam Keelan and Pam Cavannagh at the BBC: Liam for his clear vision and help as we worked out what the programme was; Pam for keeping us on track through the second series.
Thank you to Karen Farrington and Cat Ledger who in very different ways kept my head above water whilst I was trying to write the book. Also to Helena Nicholls, Steve Burdett and Steve Dobell at HarperCollins, Giorgia Papapietro for finding many of the wonderful photographs and Rhiannon MacDonald for her relentless fact checking.
Thank you always to Corinne.
Last but never least, thank you to Camilla Lewis for asking me to produce the programme and suggesting I write the book.
About the Authors
Charlie Bunce has spent his working life in broadcasting producing many award-winning programmes. At BBC Radio 4 he produced Loose Ends, Desert Island Discs, Midweek and Woman’s Hour before moving into television as a Producer on That’s Life! and then Series Producer of Watchdog and Weekend Watchdog. He left the BBC to become Executive Producer of This Morning. He is now Editor of Factual Programmes at talkbackTHAMES and Executive Producer of Grand Designs and Great British Railway Journeys.
Michael Portillo was a Member of Parliament for nearly 20 years and held three ministerial positions in the cabinet. He is now a broadcaster with a regular weekly television show about politics. He has made documentaries on subjects from music to wildlife before embarking on his Great British Railway Journeys.
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