March 1989 riverside, leeds, west yorkshire

Thousands of workers stepping off their morning train has become an enduring image of the railway. But the custom of commuting has constantly evolved, as CHRISTIAN WOLMAR reports

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

A history lesson in Hastings, with a DAF as a bonus

It might be the summer of the Falklands victory and a new surge of optimism for Britain, but it’s business as usual on King Edward Street in Hull

THE SQUARE, BOURNEMOUTH

We were about to embark on a journey to a country we hadn’t visited since 1988 when the nation was still under Soviet rule. Polish Poland is called Polska, which literally means The Land of the Fields