Timetable journeys
Jul 30th, 2009 | By Ian Poulton | Category: Personal ColumnsThe collection of railway books included a Bradshaw’s Directory for November 1939, a paperback edition published at 2 shillings and sixpence.
The very name ‘Bradshaw’s’ has had a tone of reassurance since more youthful days. As soon as Sherlock Holmes had summons or inclination to travel to some remote part of the country, he would instruct the faithful Watson to consult Bradshaw’s. Bradshaw’s had every timetable for every line in the country.
There were reprints of Bradshaw’s from 1910 and 1922, but they had no special feel about them. The…