To begin with the new line was affectionately named Yume no Chōtokkyū – or the ‘Super Dream Express.’ The earlier and more popular name ‘Bullet train’ didn’t gain world wide fame until the line had opened. This third part of the series looks at the new trains and the test […]
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This is a follow up to the post I did the other day on Young’s Ram brewery at Wandsworth. The reason this is being done is because I discovered some further stuff related to the former waterway (known as McMurrays canal) which once served the town and its brewery. Since […]
This is an anniversary post! Its not any special one but rather its thirty years since I had a tour around the famous Ram Brewery at Wandsworth. I thought I’d make a wee dram out of it! Young’s (or Ram) Brewery was one of those great London places with loads […]
A few weeks back I had written most of a post – not yet quite finished called Britain’s Tinpot Railways – about the huge disbenefits of Britain’s railways and the backwards culture – it was one of two articles that critically examined the role of our railways in new and […]
This is the second part of the planning/construction of the Shinaksen. Its straight in to the history! The construction of the Shinkansen would require enormous investment, some thought it would be as much as 200 billion yen. A significant proportion of the funds would have to be raised from banking […]
During previous research on the Shinkansen, I found few construction pictures and it appeared there was little in the way of comprehensive information. Since then further new sources have since been subsequently discovered – both official and personal accounts. Although these are written entirely in Japanese which made research rather […]
Green Park tube station is unusual that it has had two lots of Royal openings! The first was for the Victoria Line in 1969 and the second almost exactly ten years later for the Jubilee Line. No surprise when some of the station’s most important neighbours (well just across the […]
Nothing in our lives came about by chance – except the one single fact being almost each and everyone came about by conception. Even that could one day become a rarity. That is because almost every aspect of the human world is built. Its thought of, planned, designed and built. […]
No this is not some weird 1972 film review. I am aware of a film that goes by a similar name but this is not that either! On the other hand this post could easily be called Ludgate: Requiem for a City King – by decree of the area’s alleged […]
Its 20 years since Croydon’s new trams began service. These, known as Tramlink, began in May 2000. The anniversary is rather muted it seems, its possibly due to the covid pandemic situation – only one or two tweets reminding people of the pending anniversary! Thus I thought a post with […]
The BBC’s iconic studios in West London were given a Grade II Listed Building status on 5th May 2020 after much concern the historic site would be sold off and redeveloped. The fact the BBC even wanted to leave its famous premises took many by surprise. The date of the […]
Whilst undertaking research for the history of the Victoria Line, I happened to be viewing a film I have seen several times but for some reason had rather ignored the introductory picture at the beginning and instead gone straight to the subject in question. The other day however I took […]