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August Summer Bank Holiday 2010

Monday 30 August is a public holiday in Great Britain; our shop will be closed. We shall be open as usual for the rest of the week, but ...

Burghley Horse Trials 2010

... begin on Thursday 2 September. See the note under Local Events on our Shop Hours page. The important thing is to avoid driving to Stamford on Saturday morning, and to leave before the traffic begins again after 4 o'clock. We naturally offer a warm welcome to Burghleyites who have seen quite enough horses for the time being.

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Showcase Update
We have just added a further 50 books and timetables to our Out Of Print Showcase.
Go to our Out Of Print Showcase and view the sections which interest you.
The latest additions in each section are marked with a +.
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Catalogue 96: Railways

Our latest paper catalogue - Catalogue 96 - was issued at the end of April.
If you are not already a subscriber order your copy now.

The catalogue costs	£5.00 posted first class to addresses in the UK,
	£6.00 airmailed to Europe
and	£8.00 airmailed elsewhere.

 

 

You can order a copy by post or phone (details on the Contact page).
To order a copy on-line, follow one of these links:

Either send for Catalogue 96 alone,
Or take out a subscription which buys Catalogue 96 plus our next three printed catalogues.

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Magazine Advertisement Listings

It is now possible to order online the items listed in out current magazine advertisements. Just follow this link.

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Michael Portillo's Bradshaw

For his television programme Mr Portillo used a copy of Bradshaw's Tourist Handbook. He referred to it as a "Bradshaw's Guide", but the real Bradshaw's Guide is the well-known series of monthly time tables published between 1839 and 1960, of which we have a few in stock including some listed in the Secondhand Showcase on this site (scroll down about 1/3 of the page). This Bradshaw's Guide contains no tourist information, except for hotel advertising.

Bradshaw's Tourist Handbook, Mr Portillo's 'guide', is unfortunately extremely scarce. The individual parts turn up from time to time, but to get all four together is most unusual. The one Mr Portillo is using came from us (of course!) but it is the only complete set we have ever seen. Sadly we have no more, even of the individual parts, to offer at present.

Bradshaw also produced an annual publication called Bradshaw's Railway Manual, Shareholders' Guide And Directory. This doesn't have any tourist information, either.

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