The last steam train crossing the Pennines and an Edwardian concert hall song “Watching the trains go out”, bring back many memories to Sir John Betjeman. In his own nostalgic verse and prose, he remembers the great trains of old and looks forward to railways for ever as he moves through a photographic exhibition.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008932
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Locomotives - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroad trains
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography - Exhibitions
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nostalgia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)