Richard Gaunt Knihy

Set in the vibrant atmosphere of late 1950s and '60s steam motive power depots, the book captures the allure these locations held for railway enthusiasts. It features Richard Gaunt's captivating photographs alongside quotes from railway workers and management reports, offering a glimpse into the daily operations and challenges of the time. This beautifully illustrated work evokes nostalgia for the north eastern railways, celebrating the enchantment of steam sheds and the community surrounding them, making it a must-read for railway aficionados.

A photo-take of daily life in the 1960s as change hit communities around Durham, Darlington, and the hills of North-East England. Coalmining in particular was in serious decline, but cutbacks were hitting factories and infrastructure like the railways, too. These hauntingly beautiful scenes are sharp reminders as old certainties were swept away.

In the last few years of steam power on the British railway network, Richard Gaunt was taking photographs across the north of England showing not only the locomotives but the varied and dramatic surroundings they worked in. These beautiful images bring the past to life - for those who remember that era and those with more general interests.

This book triggers all kinds of nostalgia for those who remember Wales in the 1970s, but its appeal goes wider and will include those with an interest in wider British social and economic history, and anyone who enjoys dramatic black & white images of everyday life in Britain four decades ago. 315 evocative photographs bring the 1970s to life.

Industry & The Coast is a gritty depiction of areas with a unique story to tell, immortalised in haunting, previously unpublished photographs of Teeside and Tyne & Wear In the 1960s with a captivating narrative in which the author draws from the abandoned emblems of our industrial history a deeper human significance and sense of place.

Stunning photographs of Cambridge in the late 1960s, combined with personal recollections, anecdotes from other alumni, and extracts from college archives. The book considers heavyweight issues linked to the widespread student unrest in the 1960s, but suggests that most students were more interested in eating, drinking and making merry.