Published Oakwood Press, Usk, 19th September 2002 ISBN No. 0 85361 592 6.
To order:
PRIVATE ORDERS: Via any good bookseller. I recommend Douglas Blades.
TRADE TERMS: From Oakwood Press.
Cumbrian Railway Photographer is a 112 page A5 landscape format paperback costing £9.95. It celebrates the work of William Nash 1909-1952. This material had not been published prior to 2001. The key highlights in the book are rare views of Lakeland steamboats, the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Furness Baltic tanks and of trains at locations including Penrith, Carnforth, Lancaster, Arnside and Whitehaven in the 1920s and 30s. Nash was volunteering on the Ravenglass and Eskdale around 1923. He helped the LMS as a volunteer in the 1926 General Strike before joining their staff and commencing a career which took him into railway management before his tragic death in the Harrow Railway Disaster of October 1952. Ephemera from the Strike and the Harrow accident feature in a biographical chapter. Further material covers the Lakeland mountains.
Kate Robinson is Nash's youngest daughter and an accomplished amateur photographer. She has hand prepared the material for publication using traditional methods. A catalogue of the collection is accessible.
What the reviewers say:
"Oakwood, the publishers, have done more than justice to William Nash's work". Railnews November 2002.
"Just once in a while a fine collection of railway photographs is discovered and the photography of William Nash falls neatly into that category". Steam Railway November 2002.
"This is a fine record of photographs taken by a man who clearly had a natural talent for the art of photography". Friends of the National Railway Museum Newsletter Spring 2003.
"Altogether, an evocative and rewarding record of Cumberland as it was, and well worth the purchase". The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Magazine Spring 2004.
"Meanwhile I am greatly enjoying your William Nash book - ..................Why can't all railway books be that good?" Simon Bradley Editor Pevsner Architectural Guides Yale University Press, 21st September 2004.
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