A Sense of Travel

<p>Roderick Craig Low takes us on a nostalgic and often amusing ramble through his memories of travel at a time when moving from one place to another was largely undertaken using public transport.</p><p>He introduces us to a world of bashful newlyweds characterful tramcar crews incredulous parents impeccable Pullman car attendants impatient fellow-travellers self-educated tube-train guards suspicious station buffet ladies celebrity footplate heroes risk-taking school-friends influential ancestors wild sea-coal gatherers shy girlfriends courageous quarrymen patient railwaymen and indulgent land-ladies. In their company we meet the conveyances that provided tens of thousands with forms of employment that are now largely a thing of the past.</p>