The Golden Road to Bogota
During the late 1940s, Colombia, South America, was in turmoil. In the capital, Bogota, rivalry…
Author: Clive Hardy
Clive is our Transport and Railway writer, with years of experience he is a fount of knowledge on all things transport nostalgia.
From The Mersey With Love: The Story of Hovercraft Travel
During the late-1950s the aircraft manufacturer Saunders-Roe built and tested the first practical hovercraft, the…
Manchester United? Who Were They?
The story of how Manchester United were saved from going bust. How Manchester Central tried…
The Potters, the Pie Man & the Throne of Albania – Football History
Clive Hardy looks at how games in the 1890s, both involving Stoke (the Potters) and…
Sealed with a Kiss – England vs France 1920
European international football matches are for the captains to exchange pennants & shake hands before…
Big Bertha – Railway History
Big Bertha - the largest and most powerful engine designed and built by the Midland…
Little Willie – Railway History
Discover our lost railway history, Little Willie, and the role Gorton played for this engine…
Back in the USSR – Gorton’s Steam Exports
The story of the biggest steam locomotive ever to be constructed in Europe.
British Rail in Steam at NCB Williamthorpe Colliery
Situated near Holmewood in North Derbyshire, NCB Williamthorpe Colliery in 1967 was the place where…
Manchester Liverpool Road Station – Lost Stations
An anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage, the Science and Industry Museum,…
Get fell in! The vital defence role played by Britain’s ‘Gunner Girls’
At the beginning of July 1940, the UK’s anti-aircraft strength stood at 157,139 men, 1,200…
How Lord Beaverbrook gave aircraft production wings!
On 14 May 1940, Winston Churchill appointed the Canadian-British Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, as…