The Changing Rail Scene in South Wales
The Changing Rail Scene in South Wales

Author: John Jackson

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2024-08-15

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1398123544

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South Wales has long been a popular destination for railway enthusiasts, and this book documents the many changes to the region’s rail scene in the last thirty years.

Come to Wales
Come to Wales

Author: David Jenkins

Publisher: National Museum Wales

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780720004564

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Takes you on a journey around Wales - as seen through the lenses of the Great Western Railway's publicity photographs during the first half of the twentieth century.

Barry, Its Railway and Port
Barry, Its Railway and Port

Author: John Hodge

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2018-07-30

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1526723840

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Many railway historians and enthusiasts only know about the railways in the Barry area, because of Woodham Brothers scrap yard, where so many locomotives were rescued for preservation.However, there is a wider story to be told of the development and history of the railway and docks and John Hodge, the author of this detailed and informative volume, provides accounts of the various aspects of railway and dock activity over the years with details and photographs of the several industries involved.The Barry story is far more than the location of a once-famous scrapyard which, by the end of the 1960s, held over two hundred condemned locomotives.This book covers the history of the railway and docks at this fascinating town, from the construction and opening of the Barry Railway and Dock in 1888/9, through to the demise of its principal traffic, coal, in the early 1970s, and on to the present day.

From Sodomy Laws to Same-Sex Marriage
From Sodomy Laws to Same-Sex Marriage

Author: Sean Brady

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-07-25

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1350023906

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Inspired by recent adoptions of same-sex marriage, From Sodomy Laws to Same-Sex Marriage provides international perspectives on the legal and social history of same-sex relationships from the early 19th century to the present. Its emphasis is on areas where the impetus for change has been most noticeable: Europe, the Americas, and Australasia. From Sodom and Gomorrah to Britain's sodomy laws and continental Europe's abhorrence of sexual acts 'against nature', the history of same-sex love traditionally ranged from fire and brimstone maledictions to secrecy and scandal. Until recently, legal positions across the western world reflected the legacies of the British and French empires, as well as Christianity, particularly Catholicism. In recent years, however, there has been a revolution in attitudes towards same-sex relationships. This poses hitherto unanswered questions: what historical complexities lie behind the revolutionary shift from punitive attitudes to legal endorsement of same-sex relationships? Given the cultural variety of historical attitudes to same-sex relationships, why has their legal acceptance been so international? The essays in this volume provide answers to these questions, offering the first international overview of the topic. While other studies have attempted to explain the change in legal and social treatment of same-sex relationships in a national context, or within a shorter time frame, this is the first volume to examine the topic from the French Revolution to the present day, bringing together a diverse array of perspectives over a range of countries. It is an important volume for students and scholars of queer history, the history of sexuality, law and sociology.