Steampunk is the fastest growing subculture around. It imagines a world in which steam is the main locomotive power driving submersibles rockets & ships across the world. & it features Victoriana time travel & adventure all elements in this wonderful new tarot. The major archetypes are the Gods of the Machine & the four suits are Airships Engines Submersibles & Leviathans. This interaction of energies offers wisdom & direction from an alternative reality but still relevant to us today. ...

Even today over 50 years after the last scheduled service was hauled by a steam locomotive in Britain many peoples abiding image of rail travel comes from that age of steam a romantic view of big muscular locomotives belching clouds of steam & smoke hauling long snaking trains through picturesque countryside to the sound of the great chuffing from the engine the thunder of the wheels on the rails & the haunting notes of the whistle. Britains railway system is the oldest in the world & British engineers pioneered the development of the steam locomotive along with iron & steel rail. Steam became the driving force of industrial expansion in the 19th century. In this book Approx. 350 photographs from the vast archives of Mirrorpix provide a nostalgic & fascinating look back at the age of steam from its heyday of the early 20th century to its demise in the 1950s & 1960s & subsequent resurrection through the work of the many railway preservation groups. ...

Using many photographs & line drawings the author takes the reader on a journey back in time to see the origins of our railway system & describes in detail how & why these lines were built & run. It

Includes:: a list of preserved railways & railway museums open to the public.

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This is a fantastic chance for you & your guest to enjoy a relaxed unhurried & civilised journey on a steam train. The steam train has been around for over 200 years moving passengers from place to place. Seeing the trains in all their glory brings a real sense of history to your day & there is always plenty to see making this a great day out. Once you arrive at the venue you will need to exchange your voucher at the ticket office for your steam train tickets. The experience varies depending on the location you choose. Some journeys are return trips whilst others are all day rover tickets & you may be able to stop off en route to explore the local area on foot. Please check exact details upon booking. Depending on the location you may be able to visit other attractions at the venue such as a steam train museum. Please note that the Cumbria location is a narrow gauge railway. What You Will Receive On purchasing this experience you will receive a Silver A5 Presentation Pack. Your Silver A5 Presentation Pack is embossed with a ribbon design great if you are buying this experience as a gift. Included within your presentation pack: Your Gift Experience Voucher
- Keep this safe! You will need this to book your experience & may be required to take this with you on the day of your experience. An Information Booklet
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Enjoy the evocative experience of a steam train ride as you roll through the countryside in Victorian style. Your journey brings history to life & gives you a real sense of what it would have been like to travel by train in the golden age of steam. You’ll notice that many stations retain original features some even have museums where you can learn about the history of the area & the role that steam travel has played. When the guard appears & the whistle blows settle in your seat & enjoy the unmistakable sight sound & smell as the train leaves the station. ...

In the seven decades since the darkest moments of the Second World War it seems every tenebrous corner of the conflict has been laid bare prodded & examined from every perspective of military & social history. But there is a story that has hitherto been largely overlooked. It is a tale of quiet heroism a story of ordinary people who fought with enormous self-sacrifice not with tanks & guns but with elbow grease & determination. It is the story of the British railways & above all the extraordinary men & women who kept them running from 1939 to 1945. Churchill himself certainly did not underestimate their importance to the wartime story when in 1943 he praised 'the unwavering courage & constant resourcefulness of railwaymen of all ranks in contributing so largely towards the final victory.' & what a story it is. The railway system during the Second World War was the lifeline of the nation replacing vulnerable road transport & merchant shipping. The railways mobilised troops transported munitions evacuated children from cities & kept vital food supplies moving where other forms of transport failed. Railwaymen & women performed outstanding acts of heroism. Nearly 400 workers were killed at their posts & another 2 400 injured in the line of duty. Another 3 500 railwaymen & women died in action. The trains themselves played just as vital a role. The famous Flying Scotsman train delivered its passengers to safety after being pounded by German bombers & strafed with gunfire from the air. There were astonishing feats of engineering restoring tracks within hours & bridges & viaducts within days. Trains transported millions to & from work each day & sheltered them on underground platforms at night a refuge from the bombs above. Without the railways there would have been no Dunkirk evacuation & no D-Day. Michael Williams author of the celebrated book On the Slow Train has written an important & timely book using original research & over a hundred new personal interviews. This is their story. ...

Steaming retains the food's tenderness shape colour & texture as well as using little or no fat & preserving the vitamins which are usually lost through boiling. There is little chance of over-cooking steamed food & this economical & space-saving method is ideal for students singletons families & large dinner parties alike. This best-selling title

Includes:: recipes that combine healthy low-fat meal ideas with traditional hearty fare. Cooking charts give steaming times for all kinds of foods in addition to the many delicious recipes for eggs vegetables couscous rice pasta fish poultry meat desserts parcels & wraps.

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Simultaneously a literary movement ultra-hip subculture & burgeoning cottage industry Steampunk is the most influential new genre to emerge from the late twentieth century. Spinning tales populated with clockwork Leviathans cannon-shots to the moon & coal-fired robots it charts alternative histories in which the British Empire never fell or where the atom remained unsplit. Spectacularly illustrated & international in scope this comprehensive history explores Steampunk's many intricate expressions in fiction cinema television comics & videogames & traces its evolution into a truly global aesthetic which has made its mark on art architecture fashion & even music. From the classic scientific romances of Jules Verne H.G. Wells & Mary Shelley through the dystopian futurescapes of Cyberpunk to the otherworldly imaginings of Hayao Miyazaki Alan Moore & China Mieville author Brian J. Robb sets the key works of Steampunk squarely under the lens of his brass monocle & ventures into a world where airships still rule the skies. ...

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This is a fascinating & superbly illustrated look into the amazing world of steampunk. From a fantasy fiction genre steampunk has grown into a broad pop culture aesthetic with its own art fashion home decor music & events. Influenced by 19th-century steam-age industrial imagery the Wild West & science fiction followers modify modern objects such as computers to resemble path-not-taken" machines & filter fashion through a Victorian lens. The latest technologies are mixed with period styling to create a romantic neo-Victorian sepia-toned universe. " The Steampunk Gazette" chronicles this burgeoning international subculture with an illustrated newspaper-style design that reflects the vintage aesthetic. Reports from the forefront of the steampunk movement & a high percentage of specially commissioned photographs make the book a unique record of this diverse & influential movement. Steampunks current influences on fashion design television drama & film will be evident from these pages." ...