1930s Notebook
THE 1930s was a decade of seismic change, still felt—and tragically echoed—to this day. Yet within this time of depression and looming war, Britain excelled offering ‘hotel-class’ travel between London and Scotland and the push to be ever faster; set the world speed record for a steam train in 1938. The mode for trips to and from the US was the great Cunard liners, racing the Germans and the French and claiming multiple Blue Ribands.
