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    Feb 18, 2022 5 minutes

    BOOK REVIEW OF THE MONTH

    Ernest Marples The Shadow Behind Beeching

    David Brandon & Martin Upham

    Pen & Sword Books, 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2AS. Tel: 01226 734222.

    Web: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Email:enquiries@pen-and-sword.co.uk

    Description: Hardback, 240mm x 162mm, 274pp

    ISBN: 9781526760180

    Price £25.00

    Was 1960s Transport Minister Ernest Marples (1907-78) a visionary or just a brass-necked crook?

    Whichever side you take, history does not look kindly on the Conservative politician who personally profited from motorway construction while in high government office, and at the same time hired his friend Dr Beeching to shut down a very large part of our railway network.

    This is a detailed analysis of Marples’ life and legacy. It seems incomprehensible now that he was even considered fit for the job, given his brazen contempt for high ethical standards in political life. When his awarding

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