Malcolm Batten illustrates the story of the Routemaster, instantly recognisable as the typical London bus, as it celebrates its seventy-year anniversary in 2024.
A wonderful pictorial record of cargo shipping on the River Thames. This book takes a look at the varying commercial shipping that has worked on the Thames since 2000.
Malcolm Batten examines the way in which the railways of East London have changed and developed over the years, bringing the story right up to date with the introduction of Crossrail.
Secret Newham explores the lesser-known history the London borough of Newham through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.
Telling the story of this unique and popular heritage railway. Explore its story up to the re-opening in 2012 and of the ten years of progress since then.
Dr. Malcolm Harris' two-volume history and genealogy of "Old" New Kent County (the three present-day counties in the aggregate) is one of the great achievements of Virginia local history of the last century. Clearfield Company is honored to have been selected by the Harris family to produce this hardcover edition of "Old New Kent County." Privately published and out of print for many years, this work takes on even greater importance in light of the loss of county records in New Kent and in King & Queen counties and the survival of mere fragments for King William County prior to 1865.
Reg Batten was a railway and transport photographer, who started taking pictures in the early 1930s, mostly on the Great Northern and Great Eastern sections of the L N E R. He later started taking pictures elsewhere on the railway network, covering other companies, also looking at other forms of transport like traffic on the river Thames. This is the first book of Reg Batten's work, covering his railway photography from the early 1930s, through wartime into the 1950s, and steam on into the preservation era. This volume not only covers locomotive types but also looks at locations and interesting features of the railway scene at that time.
Rare and previously unpublished images of the Wessex bus scene. This, the second in a pair of books, covers the local authority fleets, independent companies, and the Isle of Wight.
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