The Elham Valley Railway

Hart, Brian, 1949-2015

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My previous book The Elham Valley Line, published in 1984 and now long out of print, was intended to be the sole venture into authorship and it was little more than an illustrated tribute to my favourite railway line. However, having subsequently been encouraged to research and write other books, I felt compelled to delve far deeper into the Elham Valley’s history, whereby a truly remarkable story was discovered. Apart from a desire to fully explain its creation, I felt the need to describe as much as possible the everyday life of this railway in all its detail, aided by eye-witness recollections and long-forgotten accounts. Although first and foremost ‘a railway book’, it has been my desire to present a social history which exemplifies how much the line was inextricably interlaced with people’s daily lives and habits.