Old Glory Magazine
November
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ISBN Number: NA
Format:
Magazine
Number of Pages:
75
Publication Date:
November 1991
Publisher:
EMAP National Publications Ltd

Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue:

10 SWITCHBACK SPECTACULAR - John Reeves follows the showman's engine-hauled journey of the Rodeo Switchback from Salisbury to the Great Dorset.

16 THE TRANSPORT TRUST - New Chairman Bryan Heatley makes his debut contribution to the pages of Old Glory with more news of the Trust.

19 TRANS-PENNINE INVICTORY - John Heselwood took up the challenge of participating in the Trans-Pennine Run, not with a commercial but with an Aveling steam tractor.

24 R.R.A. & JIM'S JOTTINGS - This month's contributions from the Road Roller Association and the N.V.T.E.C.

26 MUD, GLORIOUS MUD - Commercial steam dredging is still a cost-effective way of clearing silted up lakes, as Brian Gooding found out last autumn.

32 CHATHAM CHUNTERINGS - Patrick Knight went to the Old Brook Pumping Station in Chatham and found a lovingly cared for pair of Campbell diesel engines.

36 DYING INDIAN STEAM - Working steam rollers can still be found in India but they are dying out, as John Leak reports.

37 ROTARY FORDSON/D.B.V.A.K. - A couple of short pieces to delight the tractor enthusiast.

38 NEW ZEALAND BOUND - This month's centre spread is a Clydeside painting by well-known artist John Wigston. Look out for a reader offer of this limited edition print.

40 CATHEDRAL CITY CARS - Leslie Oppitz returns with another of his popular tramway studies. This time he looks at the city of Gloucester.

44 SPECIAL SURVIVORS - This month's Know your Engines looks at some of the rarer survivors.

50 A DREAM COMES TRUE - The story of one man's dream to participate in the London to Brighton Run and how he achieved it with a Ford Model A lorry.

54 IN CAMERA - This month's selection from photographs contributed by readers.

58 AQUATIC ARTISTRY - Natalie Wheatley takes a look at canal life and the way the drudgery was tempered by its own special art form.

62 INK BLOTS - This month's selection from correspondence which has crossed the Editor's desk.

66 FROM THE OLD GLORY CHRISTMAS SHOP - Need a subscription, binders, calendars, clothing, back issues for yourself or a friend? All the details are here.

68 FAYRE COMMENT - Another selection of books, videos etc., are considered for your guidance.

72 WHERE TO GO IN '91 - The list grows shorter as winter comes but there are still things to do and places to go.

73 ACTIVE TRACTORS - A selection of photographs from John Reeves and the Editor of tractors on the road or at work.

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