The Railway Children is the classic children's story by E Nesbit When Father is taken away unexpectedly Roberta Peter Phyllis & their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go & live in a small cottage in the country The children seek solace in the nearby railway station & make friends with Perks the Porter & the Station Master himself Each day Roberta Peter & Phyllis run down the field to the railway track & wave at the passing London train sending their love to Father Little do they know that the kindly old gentleman passenger who waves back holds the key to their father's disappearance One of the best-loved classics of all time with a wonderful introduction by Jacqueline Wilson Edith Nesbit was a mischievous child who grew up into an unconventional adult With her husband Hubert Bland she was one of the founder members of the socialist Fabian Society; their household became a centre of the socialist & literary circles of the times E Nesbit turned late to children's writing Her first children's book The Treasure Seekers was published in 1899 to great acclaim Other books featuring the Bastable children followed & a series of magical fantasy books including Five Children & It also became very popular The Railway Children was first published monthly in the London Magazine in 1905 & published as a book in 1906 which has been in print ever since Other children's books by E Nesbit The Story of the Treasure Seekers; The Wouldbegoods; The New Treasure Seekers; Complete History of the Bastable Family; Five Children & It; The Phoenix & the Carpet; The Story of the Amulet; The House of Arden; Harding's Luck; The Railway Children; The Enchanted Castle; The Magic City; The Wonderful Garden; Wet Magic; Five of Us & Madeline ...

' Stand firm' said Peter & wave like mad!' They were not railway children to begin with When their Father mysteriously leaves home Roberta (everyone calls her Bobbie) Phyllis & Peter must move to a small cottage in the countryside with Mother It is a bitter blow to leave their London home but soon they discover the hills & valleys the canal & of course the railway But with the thrilling rush & rattle & roar of the trains comes danger too Will the brave trio come to the rescue? & most importantly can they solve the disappearance of their Father?BACKSTORY Find out all about steam trains & learn what it was really like to be a child in Edwardian times ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In The Railway Children 2000 Jenny Agutter (who played Bobbie in a 1970 film version) stars as Mother alongside Sir Richard Attenborough in a Masterpiece Theater television presentation of Edith Nesbit&s popular novel Set in Yorkshire at the dawn of the 20th century The Railway Children is the story of three children whose father has been wrongfully imprisoned for espionage though they know nothing of this; their mother refuses to tell them why the police took away their father The children spend their free time exploring the mystery of their father&s disappearance & gazing at the nearby railroad in the hope that it will somehow bring them an answer After they help prevent an accident on the railroad the children are befriended by a mysterious old gentleman (Attenborough) who may be able to provide some answers ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Starring Jenny Agutter as the oldest daughter of an Edwardian family thrown on hard times when their father is wrongly sent to prison The Railway Children avert a train disaster save an imperiled steeple chaser & reunite an exiled Russian with his wife all with equal enterprise Based on the novel by Edith Nesbit Actors Dinah Sheridan Bernard Cribbins William Mervyn Iain Cuthbertson Jenny Agutter Sally Thomsett Gary F Warren Peter Bromilow Ann Lancaster Gordon Whiting Beatrix Mackey Deddie Davies David Lodge & Christopher Witty Director Lionel Jeffries Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1970 Screen Widescreen 1661 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 39 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play E Nesbit&s family favourite & The Railway Children& follows the story of Roberta (Bobbie) Phyllis & Peter three sheltered siblings who suffer a huge upheaval when their father is falsely imprisoned The children & their mother now penniless are forced to move from London to rural Yorkshire into a new home next to a railway line Dealing with themes of justice the importance of family & the kindness of strangers the event is filmed from the National Railway Museum in Yorkshire featuring the train from the original much-loved film York Theatre Royal s Olivier award-winning production of & The Railway Children& has been imaginatively adapted by Mike Kenny & Damian Cruden & beautifully directed for the screen by Ross Mac Gibbon ...

FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LAST PEARL & DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE this is a beautiful novel about family secrets betrayal & redemption Deep in the dales of the West Riding Fells lies Scarsbeck a remote village peopled by a close-knit community of colourful characters Ellie Birkett steadfastly resisting her mother's attempts to marry her off; Vicar Hardy wrestling with the temptations of the flesh; Ezra Bulstrode village headmaster with an unhealthy dedication to the education of his young students; & enigmatic woman Beth Wildman who believes she can foresee the future Surrounded by wild moorland & the majestic Yorkshire peaks time seems to stand still in this magical corner of the world But change is on its way The dales echo with fearsome noise; construction scars the hillside the railway is coming
- right through Scarsbeck village & with the arrival of a huge workforce charged with building the railway the peaceful idyll is shattered for ever Praise for Leah Fleming 'I enjoyed it enormously It's a moving & compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth' RACHEL HORE 'A born storyteller' KATE ATKINSON
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Colin Firth Nicole Kidman & Stellan Skarsgård star in this war drama adapted from Eric Lomax&s memoirs about his experiences in a POW camp While serving in the Second World War British Army officer Eric Lomax (Jeremy Irvine) is captured & held prisoner by the Japanese He is brutally tortured & forced along with his fellow captives to build the Thai-Burma Railway Many years later an older Lomax (Firth) is still traumatised by the experience Supported by his wife Patti (Kidman) & friend Finlay (Skarsgård) he decides to track down one of his torturers Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada) hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has held for so long Actors Colin Firth Nicole Kidman Stellan Skarsgård Jeremy Irvine Hiroyuki Sanada Directors Jonathan Teplitzky Writers Andy Paterson Frank Cottrell Boyce Producers Chris Brown Bill Curbishley Andy Paterson Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Colin Firth Nicole Kidman & Stellan Skarsgård star in this war drama adapted from Eric Lomax&s memoirs about his experiences in a POW camp While serving in the Second World War British Army officer Eric Lomax (Jeremy Irvine) is captured & held prisoner by the Japanese He is brutally tortured & forced along with his fellow captives to build the Thai-Burma Railway Many years later an older Lomax (Firth) is still traumatised by the experience Supported by his wife Patti (Kidman) & friend Finlay (Skarsgård) he decides to track down one of his torturers Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada) hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has held for so long ...

' Exquisitely written & deeply felt a true book of wonders' Geraldine Brooks 'A lovely absorbing & uplifting read' ML Stedman'overflows with gratitude for the hard beautiful things of this world' Helen Garner In 1948 in a small town on the land's edge in the strange space at a war's end a widow a poet & a doctor each try to find their own peace & their own new story Anikka Lachlan has all she ever wanted--until a random act transforms her into another post-war widow destined to raise her daughter on her own Awash in grief she looks for answers in the pages of her favourite books & tries to learn the most difficult lesson of all how to go on living A local poet Roy Mc Kinnon who found poetry in the mess of war has lost his words & his hope His childhood friend Dr Frank Draper also seeks to reclaim his pre-war life but is haunted by his failure to help those who needed him most--the survivors of the Nazi concentration camps Then one day on the mantle of her sitting room Ani finds a poem She knows neither where it came from nor who its author is But she has her suspicions An unexpected & poignant love triangle emerges between Ani the poem & the poet--whoever he may be Written in clear shining prose The Railwayman's Wife explores the power of beginnings & endings
- & how difficult it can be to tell them apart It is an exploration of life tragedy & joy of connection & separation longing & acceptance & an unadulterated celebration of love
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Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years Transforming lives & landscapes they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules & traditions the network also exerts a fascination all its own From the classical grandeur of Newcastle station to the ceaseless traffic of Clapham Junction from the mysteries of Brunel's atmospheric railway to the lost routines of the great marshalling yards Simon Bradley explores the world of Britain's railways the evolution of the trains & the changing experiences of passengers & workers The Victorians' private compartments railway rugs & footwarmers have made way for air-conditioned carriages with airline-type seating but the railways remain a giant & diverse anthology of structures from every period & parts of the system are the oldest in the world Using fresh research keen observation & a wealth of cultural references Bradley weaves from this network a remarkable story of technological achievement of architecture & engineering of shifting social classes & gender relations of safety & crime of tourism & the changing world of work The Railways shows us that to travel through Britain by train is to journey through time as well as space ...