bradshaw

[sincnoel]

Does anyone know which version of Bradshaw Michael Portillo has been using on his railway series?

[lardhelmet]

How many are there meant to be sinc? I thought it was just THE Bradshaw's Guide!

[sincnoel]

Bradshaw goes back a long way and there seem to be various incarnations of it.

[Sipowicz]

He did say at the beginning of the series, I can't remember, but I know it is an early one.

[imagcq]

michael uses the extremely rare bradshaws tourist guide it was lent to him
for the purpose of making the series

[imagcq]

bradshaws yearly railway guides contain no tourist info they are timetables and advertising

[vulcan]

He occasionally uses a later version if it includes a place he wants to visit and it wasn't mentioned in the original.

[lardhelmet]

It does look pretty fragile (& looks like he's always reading the entries from the same page). Perhaps he's not allowed to turn the pages!

[imagcq]

bradshaws yearly guides are timetables i have ten on my shelf

[imagcq]

goggle bradshaws tourist handbook there are one or two on amazon for around 30 quid

[vulcan]

when he's on TV they sometimes show a close up of a page like this
http://tottenham-summ...ws_tottenham_page.jpg
is this taken from a later book, imagcq or some other publication ?

[imagcq]

that looks like a page from from the tourist handbook

[Jonathan-Joe]

Bradshaw published Tourist Guides as well as railway timetables. These went through many editions as content was revised to keep up to date.
According to this http://www.waterstone...&typeAheadFormSubmit= Michael Portillo mostly used the 1866 edition, but for those railways not then built, he used later editions.

[imagcq]

population of tottenham on the page posted 13000 i goggled that figure and its circa 1860 bradshaws first is 1866 i believe

[vulcan]

Thanks, imagcq, it's an interesting subject.

[imagcq]

it turns out that bradshaws tourist handbook is in four volumes
perhaps this explains the different look to the book

[VHG]

If you look on amazon you can find a reprint of the 1866 guide.

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[Ann]

VHG - I bought my husband this from Amazon costs £7.50 and he has read it from cover to cover as he followed the TV series. Its well worth buying, very good value, but one thing to note - the print is a little small.

[trt]

I hope he is going to do another series.

The things I learnt about the different towns, villages and the history's of some of stories in the UK was amazing.

[Ann]

Absolutely brilliant series - can't wait until its on again ........ hope they do a new series as it was very very popular. BBC please note!!