Published Tempus Publishing, Stroud, July 2002, Paperback ISBN No. 0 7524 2355 X.
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Irish Sea Shipping Publicised was published week commencing 15th July 2002. It has160 pages illustrated in monochrome with an additional 16 page colour section. Price is £16.99. The volume is drawn from the extensive collections of Robert and Fiona Forsythe.
The reader will be taken on a voyage through the Irish Sea. The historical context of the operations is described and through the actual sales literature of the time the routes come to life. The oldest item shown originates from 1838. In the main the material shown pivots around the three decades between 1950-1980 which were years of immense change as the traditional steam powered all passenger packet ship gave way to the roll on/roll off diesel car ferry. Vessels like the Caledonian Princess, the Lion, the Coast Lines motorships, the Heysham Dukes and the Manx Viking are featured. In the 1980s further vast changes came about as the privatisation of former railway owned routes took place, followed by the introduction of high speed ferries. These changes are depicted as are very many of the lesser known byways. How many people today have seen passengers embark at Garlieston for the Isle of Man or who held onto their handbill detailing a 1960s excursion from London to Killarney? Freight operations are not excluded and the transition from the bridge amidships coaster to the container ship is narrated. The freight material potentially uncovers what was British Rail's first use of the Sealink brand twenty years before it became commonplace. Historical postcards and guidebooks dating back before the First World War and the author's own photography add further context to the journey between Glasgow and Swansea.
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What the reviewers say:
Robert Forsythe........has produced a highly academic work which is also fun just to look through or to read in depth.........This paperback represents very good value at a penny under £17 and is a highly recommended source of information on the companies which ran this trade. Michael C. Shaw in British Railway Modelling November 2002.
A good package which also provides a good overview of the companies and their routes. Steam Railway January 2003.
Anyone with the slightest interest in shipping or the related railway connections could not fail to be impressed with the collection of publicity.................tracked down............a very readable book which will interest many. The Paperchase January 2003.
A book packed with background information.............a great wealth of interesting material.......accompanied by a sound and informative text........this book may widen your horizons. Roger Atkinson in Journal of the Transport Ticket Society June 2003.
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