Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Any of you fellow railway fanatics out there seen or own the book called Nottingham's Railways, produced by Peter Tuffrey and containing mostly photographs by Bill Reed. I went to see my son at his barbers shop yesterday and in walked Bill to have his hair cut. He was a driver at Nottingham Loco until he retired. I worked with him when I first worked on the railway at Nottingham Carriage Sidings. The man must be in his 80s now but still in good health. He has taken literally thousands of railway pics all over the world in the last 60 or 70 years, mostly around the Nottinghamshire area, many on the GCR. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,527 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 And you can buy a helluva lot of his material on Amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_8?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=bill+reed+collection&sprefix=bill+ree%2Cstripbooks%2C156 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Had it since 1st edition, but I gather there is an updated edition available. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 There's a shop on Carlton Road that specialize in selling boks on railways http://www.booklaw.co.uk/eshop/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Most helpful they are too. Great selection as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Yes Book Law Publications are very good. I'm waiting for the 3rd volume of The Story of the Nottingham Suburban Railway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 A gentleman called T.G. Hepburn was also an avid photographer in and around the Nottingham area, His pictures show up now and again in some of the railway magazines and books etc. I think his whole collection is now owned by a company called Rail Archive Stephenson? Smiffy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 T G Hepburn was Nottingham's finest railway photographer - I met him once and he sold me some prints. Authors Ian Brown and Brian Stevenson put a nice selection of his pictures in their publication T. G. Hepburn, Railway Photographer, published by Nottinghamshire County Council in association with RAS Publishing in 1998. The railway gave him trackside passes, resulting in the best local 'action' scenes in the steam days. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Another chap I remember was Noel Ingram. I remember him having a shop in Keyworth called "Paperchase" (I think). I met him quite a few times and he gave me some copies of his railway colour slides. Most of these were taken up and down the line south of Grantham, but also the iron stone lines to the south west. Noel also gave me a cassette recording of a trip he made from Nottingham Vic to Loughborough a few years before the line closed. On the same tape are recordings he made during the same period but made from the lineside near East Leake. The weather apparently was terrible with blizzard conditions. He set up his recorder in a plate layers hut to protect it from the snow. I still have the recording somewhere, will have to find it. Smiffy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Many of Noel's pics have appeared in Steam World magazine over the last few years. Fantastic they are too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted June 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 I too have been sniffing around Book Law. Trouble is, any more books and the house will collapse. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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