FROM TILBURY TO TYNESIDE
Eastern Region Railway Shipping Publicised
by Robert Forsythe M.A. Dip.I.A. Cert. Ed.
Published Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 30 November 2006, 256 pages, paperback ISBN 0 7524 3882 4. Price £18.99.
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This is now the third book in a
series Robert Forsythe has written examining shipping services through their
publicity. "Eastern Region" indicates a geographical and a business
concept: geographical in that the controlling ports run up the East Coast from Tilbury to Tyneside. As a
business concept the Eastern Region was a part of British Railways and thereby
connected with railway owned shipping at Tilbury,
Harwich and in the
The topic extends beyond the
Eastern Region in date and business but retaining the railway connection.
Earlier material from the Great Eastern and the
The railway also connected with
other shipping lines. This enables operators as varied as the General Steam
Navigation Thames pleasure sailings, the Swedish Lloyd services from Tilbury, and other Scandinavian operators like DFDS, Fred.
Olsen and Tor Line to be involved. These partners
extend the narrative to the
Freight services are not forgotten. The Harwich train ferry, the adoption of containerisation, and the liner services of Associated Humber Lines are represented through their publicity. Harwich was a railway owned port. Its opposite companion was built and is still owned by The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company (which continued to run its own railway engines in 2000). Services from Felixstowe feature therefore. A leavening of the author’s own photography adds visual variety.
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What the reviewers say:
No-one does it better than Robert Forsythe. His collection is unsurpassed and of great national importance.......first class work with well-researched narrative...........a superb selection of ferry company advertising material........attractively laid-out. Cruising Monthly February 2007.
Everyone will be fascinated......meticulously researched. Hexham Courant 23rd February 2007.
Lots of human interest as well as design history. Best of British March 2007.
Packed with fascinating scans............Recommended to anyone with an interest in East Coast Ferries. Ships Monthly April 2007.
Shows the reader that there was a special culture which enhanced the travel experience of millions. Thank goodness that Robert Forsythe produced this very fine book. Deserves a place in any collection relating to ferries. Sea Breezes April 2007.
Here, the reality of services springs to life in a way that no boardroom corporate history can match.........copiously illustrated with a very wide range of examples of publicity materials. Andrew Dow in NRM Review Spring 2007.
......well contextualised and explained. The majority of the material is in the author's own collection and speaks volumes to his assiduity.............an entertaining volume, of interest to both transport and advertising enthusiasts and is good value. Journal of the Railway & Canal Historical Society November 2007.
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