With the outbreak of World War II Britains Royal Navy & her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence. Yet ten of the twelve battleships were already over twenty years old having served in World War I & required extensive modifications to allow them to perform a vital service throughout the six long years of conflict. This title offers a comprehensive review of the seven battleships of the Nelson & King George V classes from their initial commissioning to their peacetime modifications & wartime service. Moreover with specially commissioned artwork & a dramatic re-telling of key battles such as the duel between the Bismark & HMS Rodney this book will highlight what it was like on board for the sailors who risked their lives on the high seas. ...

This superb reference book achieved the status of 'classic' soon after its first publication in 1986; it was soon out of print ...

At the end of World War II Britain was desperate for new buses & coaches. The manufacturers who had built them is the 1930s hade been diverted to war production & only a tiny number of buses were built during the war. So many companies new to making buses came into the business after the war so that the late 1940s & the 1950s saw a fascinating variety of different types reaching the market. In this book the twenty-seven bus manufacturers of the period
- large & small
- are dealt with in A-Z order from AEC to Vulcan. The author gives a brief history of each & then provides individual coverage of the models produced using material from brochures & advertisements for the illustrations to give the flavour of the period.

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The more than 150 photographs in this eighth volume in the series were taken between 1951 & 1978. The majority are in colour & have never before been published. Covering all the major bus tram & trolleybus operators in the area together with a few smaller but well-known companies most of the pictures show the buses in pre-National Bus Company & Passenger Transport Executive liveries. They also of course provide nostalgic views of street scenes shops & contemporary road vehicles. The contents will be drawn from the following: Accrington Ashton-u-Lyne Barrow Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bullocks Burnley Colne Bury Cumberland Darwen Fishwicks Lancaster Leigh Lytham St Annes Manchester A Mayne Morecambe & Heysham North Western Oldham Preston Ramsbottom Ribble Rochdale Rossendale Salford SHMD Standerwick Stockport Wigan Yelloway ...

The more than 150 photographs in this tenth volume in the series the first of three volumes featuring Scotland & Ireland hence the revised titling were taken between 1951 & 1978. The majority are in colour & have never before been published. This volume covers the following cities: Aberdeen Corporation buses & trams Dundee Corporation buses & trams Edinburgh Corporation buses & trams The pictures show the buses & trams in nostalgic views of street scenes that provide wonderfully evocative views of shops & contemporary road vehicles. ...

The more than 150 photographs in this eighth volume in the series were taken between 1951 & 1978. The majority are in colour & have never before been published. Covering all the major bus tram & trolleybus operators in the North Wales Manchester & Liverpool area together with a few smaller but well-known companies most of the pictures show the buses in pre-National Bus Company & Passenger Transport Executive liveries. They also of course provide nostalgic views of street scenes shops & contemporary road vehicles. The contents will be drawn from the following: Birkenhead Chester Clynnog & Trefor Caernarfon Colwyn Bay Crosville Deiniolen Caernarfon Douglas Hollis of Queensferry Isle of Man Lancashire United Liverpool Llandudno & Colwyn Llandudno Urban Merseyside PTE Phillips of Rhos Wrexham violet Motors Caernarfon St Helens SELNEC Silver Star Caernarfon South Lancashire Southport Wallasey Warrington Whiteways Widnes Williams of Ponciau Wrexham Wright of Penycae ...

Covering all the major bus & trolleybus operators in the South East & Anglian area together with a few smaller companies most of the pictures show the buses in pre-National Bus Company & Passenger Transport Executive liveries. The more than 150 photographs were taken between 1951 & 1978 & mostly have never been published. ...

This book surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military service around the world & in two world wars. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular field for collectors since the majority of British awards were officially named thus making it possible to research the military career of an individual or regiment. This second edition has been extended to include the operations of the British forces in the opening years of the twenty-first century. ...

This book is a mine of useful information & practical tips. If you aspire to be a better canoe or kayak coach this is the book for you. The book divides into three sections: Part One deals with coaching theory & fundamentals such as psychology & physiology explained in terms that make sense to a practical coach. Part Two looks at generic coaching skills that will provide useful tools whatever discipline the coach is involved in. It works its way from introducing people to canoesport right through to coaching elite athletes. Part Three looks at specific aspects of canoesport such as slalom racing sea kayaking white water kayaking open canoeing & freestyle. ...

Vintage caravans have quite recently begun to attract much wider attention than they had previously enjoyed. Those that havent collapsed in a forgotten heap long ago are being dragged out of hedges & barns & restored by enthusiasts to their full period glory. This book presents details of caravan manufacturers in Britain who started up before World War II. About half of them had ceased trading by 1939 & a number of others did not return to production after the War. All of them 117 manufacturers from ABC to Yorkshire & their products are included in these pages. Accompanying the text are more than 300 illustrations a pleasing mixture of archive photographs with reproductions from manufacturers advertising & publicity material including some splendid period artwork. Published in association with The Caravan Club. ...