ARGONAUT BOOKS

Evocatively describes the long-bygone age of travelling by train to seaside resorts. You can almost smell the sea'ObserverVividly conjures a lost ageFinancial TimesCharming and unashamedly trainspotterish ... infectiously enthusiasticSpectatorMartin's whimsical little book, a feast of anecdotage, represents a memorial to the past that was not always an idyllSunday TimesBeautifully and amusingly written and prodigiously well-informed,Evening StandardMartin... has a nudgingly humorous style, occasionally breaking out into the outright comedic, and a novelist's ear for dialogue. Facts are lightly...Read More