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New Book on Bristol stations

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I just thought Id post this as I noticed while searching Amazon for any interesting railway books. Mike Oakley is releasing a new book on railway stations and halts, this time Bristol is the subject. I will be putting this one on order when its pay day.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 39-4047851

My experience of Mike's books (that being the Gloucestershire Railway Stations book) is that they are packed full of info and are an absolute must in any railyway collection though sometimes a few stations can be missed out in Gloucestershire I know of Gatcombe and Swindon (near Cheltenham) probably due to very little information being known about them. I'm certainly struggling for info on them to pad out there page on my 'in progress' website.
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looks interesting.

I am sure it will also be available thorugh Pete's shop and will be advertised on here....................
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This will be in stock either tomorrow or Thursday.

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Anyone who collects the book from the shop and mentions the BRA can have it for 10% less than the cover price of ú9.99. I'll quickly stick up a flyer that everyone can bring with them.

Get yer 10% off voucher here!
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Yeah, buy it from Pete's shop! :D
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Petes Shop Where ?

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Hi
Where is Petes Shop ?
Re Gloslines and his comment about Gatcombe being missed out of a book on Gloucestershire stations , is it in Gloucestershire?
I well remember all the work going on when Anne married Mark in 73 ? as they re-opened the station just so he and she could travel by train,
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http://www.bookcupboard.co.uk/railwaybooks.php


361-363, Gloucester Rd, Horfield, Bristol. BS7 8TG.
Phone: 0117 9424447, 0117 9428878, Fax: 0117 9423428. Opening Hours: 9.00AM-5.30PM. Mon-Sat
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Bartonhillbum - Yes there was a Gatcombe station in Gloucestershire its location was on the Gloucester to Chepstow line just before the line went under the Severn Railway Bridge.
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Post by Portishead Prowler »

I'll be getting my copy at lunch today hopefully! :)
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Portishead Prowler wrote:I'll be getting my copy at lunch today hopefully! :)
I'll make a post when the book turns up, so don't come before! :wink:

The rep has promised me the first batch off the printers, and says she'll deliver them asap. But sometimes what they say and what they do are two different things! We'll see. :roll:
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Apparently all copies of the book have gone straight to the distributor, rather than going to Redcliffe Press as promised to me by the rep. :x

So, hopefully this will arrive next week now. I will post as soon as it does. Sorry for the delay.
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I don't know... you wouldn't get this level of poor service from Amazon.......

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Post by madhattie »

Finally!!!!

This book has arrived. I won't bore you all with why it took so long to arrive on our shelves because telling the tale will cause my blood to boil and my head will possibly explode :evil:

But it's now here! 8)
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I won't bore you all with why it took so long to arrive on our shelves
Oh, pray tell. :roll: :roll: :lol:
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Post by Portishead Prowler »

Having picked up my copy on Saturday, got to say this is a good read.
Did it cover-to-cover yesterday arvo. Some good pics and plenty of well researched info.

Not as good as this webite tho.... ;)
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Portishead Prowler wrote:Having picked up my copy on Saturday, got to say this is a good read.
Thanks for coming so far out of your way to buy it in our shop, this was much appreciated. 8)

We had the day from hell after you had gone. The Switch machine finally gave up the ghost, and once I'd fixed that by utilising my broadband line, the network server crashed and never got going again! I'm only now beginning to catch up with everything outstanding, although BT have still to fix the phone line so I get cut off from the outside world everytime a customer buys something!

I need an holiday...... :evil:
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