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In his long career as a writer, W. J. Mitchell has put people before himself. In Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, tales by folk who knew the celebrated line in the days of steam take precedence over traction by diesel or electricity. Join the driver and fireman on the footplate of a locomotive. Stand behind a range of levers in a signal box or be one of a gang working on the permanent way, sweating in the summer heat or shivering after a heavy snowfall. Maintenance men in Blea Moor tunnel needed patience and good lungs. The tunnel might be thick with locomotive smoke or draped with icicles. On a Settle-Carlisle journey, we are thrilled by a slowly changing landscape, glancing at Pen-y-ghent, which crouches like a lion above Ribblesdale. Further north, we admire the broad acres of the Eden Valley which lie between the Northern Pennines and the gaunt fells of the Lake District. An afternoon passenger train that took in the line from Garsdale to Hawes was named Bonnyface. When it turned up, workers smiled as they were about to go home. The Garsdale tank house was used for dances and an adjacent wheel-less carriage was the refreshment room. Folk tales were the subject of the authors' special study, especially those heard and recorded on "tape" when he met descendants of some of the folk who built or worked for the railway. Memories of t'owd days abounded among local characters. These were men and women of individual thought and action and their words are presented here in this fascinating book.

  • Homophones? Ivy Westfall is beyond the fence and she is alone. Abandoned by her family and separated from Bishop Lattimer, Ivy must find a way to survive on her own in a land filled with countless dangers, both human and natural. She has traded a more civilized type of cruelty, forced marriages and murder plots for the bare-knuckled brutality required to survive outside Westfall's borders. But there is hope beyond the fence, as well, which Ivy discovers when she is befriended by a group of people who've managed to live off the land for years. Ivy slowly becomes accustomed to the rhythms and customs of this new life, all the while trying to forget those she left behind in Westfall. When Bishop Lattimer reappears in her life, Ivy struggles to assimilate his presence, torn between love and fear. She comes to understand that true love is unconditional and opening her heart again requires that she accept the risk of pain. Ivy and The Sammy Miller Museum Collection - Road Machines download PDF Bishop settle into a life beyond the fence, but when word comes that Ivy's father and sister have staged a coup and Westfall has descended into a state of chaos, Ivy makes the difficult decision to return home with Bishop by her side.

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Author: W. R. Mitchell
Number of Pages: 160 pages
Published Date: 29 Dec 2016
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Publication Country: Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9781781553367
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