To the Sea by Train

⭐️⭐️ Event ⭐️⭐️

We’re very excited to be welcoming Andrew Martin; railway historian and novelist to the shop for the evening on Saturday 26th July at 7pm.

As Edwardian summers approached, seaside service posters of the London & North Eastern Railway would lure passengers ‘to the sea by train’ with the promise of fun, frivolous rides and parties on the pier.

For decades, Blackpool Central – once the busiest station in the world – would draw millions of visitors along its platforms and out towards the beach. But in the late twentieth century, the advent of cheap international travel saw the promise of our shores fade. Blackpool’s arcades couldn’t complete with the novelty of the Continent.

With his signature warmth, wit and style, celebrated railways historian Andrew Martin invites us into the heyday of holidaymaking by rail, charting its glee-filled rise and gradual decline, and exploring recent signs of revival in Britain’s seaside towns.

Andrew’s previous titles include Yorkshire: There and Back, Steam Trains Today, and Underground, Overground.

Tickets are £5, redeemable against a copy of To The Sea By Train on the evening.

Tickets are available in the shop or on our website here: https://to-be-read.co.uk/books/to-the-sea-by-train/

You may also like the following events from Read. Holmfirth:

• Next month, 8th July, 06:00 pm, An Evening with Louise Candlish in Huddersfield
• Next month, 19th July, 07:00 pm, One Woman Walks Europe with Ursula Martin in Huddersfield
• This September, 27th September, 12:00 am, Holmfirth Children’s Book Festival in Huddersfield

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