Lost in the archive

“The death knell of British railways” is commonly held to have been rung by Dr Beeching in 1963 but, surprisingly, at least one writer heard it as early as 1912, claiming that “motor cars must supplan

BRENT, NORTH LONDON

As anniversaries go, this year marks a big milestone for this publication. One man’s vision to produce a monthly magazine for the UK camping fraternity saw the launch of ‘Motor Caravan and Camping’ (M

Manchester… before the industry-blackened architecture disappeared

Just 30 years ago, diesel cars were a bit rubbish. They were loud, clattery, vibrating, smelly and usually appallingly slow. But politicians thought they were the bee’s knees, because they were margin

That’s marque historian Clare Hay’s verdict regarding the boat-tail body on 1927 Bentley 3 Litre chassis TN1564, and it’s no idle hyperbole. This ultimate development of the ‘skiff ’ body style (origi