I have today completed a further proofreading project for Pen & Sword Books, the subject matter being the ‘Railways of Oxford’. The manuscript describes how the railway system evolved in and around Oxford. The author, Laurence Waters, wrote a previous book on the same subject for Ian Allan Publishing during the 1980s. The new work […]
My latest completed proofreading project is one for Crecy Publishing, this being the 50th edition of the ‘Southern Way’ magazine, a splendid collection of articles and pictures all having in common a connection with either the pre-Grouping companies that made up the Southern Railway, the Southern itself or the Southern Region of BR. This is […]
I have today finished a further railway proofread for Pen & Sword Books. The subject was the former Worcester Locomotive Shed at the end of Western Region steam, from 1960 to 1966. The author is Steve Bartlett, who has previously written books about the sheds at Hereford and Gloucester. Mr Bartlett’s father occupied senior positions […]
I have just completed a further proofreading project for Pen & Sword Books, on a new (for me) subject. This one is a history of the tin mining industry in Devon and Cornwall. Written by historian Anthony Burton, the manuscript traces the rise and fall of this unique industry and of those who were involved […]
I have just completed a new military proofread for Pen & Sword Books. The subject is the role of the Spanish Army’s Blue Division and in particular the artillery section. The time period concerned is February 1943 and the Blue Division were employed as part of the Axis forces surrounding the city of Leningrad. Emphasis […]
2020 is off to a busy start as regards proofreading work. My latest completed project is one carried out on behalf of Crecy Publishing, this being the first of a two-part work featuring the best images of celebrated railway photographer Brian Morrison. These images are those hand-picked by Mr Morrison and cover the years 1951-9 […]
Over the 2019/20 festive period, I have been working on two further proofreading projects. The company concerned is The Transport Treasury, custodians of a wide cross-section of transport-related photographs, who are now moving into publishing, using material from the collections held. The projects in question had two contrasting railway themes. The first was about first […]
My latest completed proofreading project for Pen & Sword Books is one about the express and mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Dugald Drummond for the London & South Western Railway (LSWR) during the late Victorian and early Edwardian period of time. The author is David Maidment, who has written a series of ‘Locomotive Portfolios’ […]
I have today finished a new proofreading project for Pen & Sword Books, this one being about the life and times of the Lord Nelson class of steam locomotives built by the Southern Railway (SR) in the late 1920s. The book looks at the early days of the class, from when the prototype, 850, was […]
I have today completed a new proofreading project for Pen & Sword Books, this one about minor railways in East Anglia. Written by Rob Shorland-Ball, it is an overview of a myriad of minor railways that were located within the East Anglian area, mainly in Norfolk and Suffolk. My impression was that the book would […]
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