NEW BOOKS as reviewed by Tony Wright
WEST WALES RAILWAYS WHITLAND TO PEMBROKE DOCK, by John Hodge. Pen and Sword. PRICE: £25.00
As usual, there are several new books from Pen and Sword this month (there is no more prolific a publisher), including a wonderful volume on world bridges, a study of York as a railway centre, Railways in The Black Country and the one I’m reviewing this time — the ex-GWR railway from Whitland to Pembroke Dock.
This is (I assume) the penultimate volume of this highly-regarded series by the author — the third published by Pen and Sword. Prior to that, the works were from Wild Swan. The books started from the ‘Welsh’ end of the Severn Tunnel, then followed the main line westwards, finally (in the next book) through to the ends of the main line in West Wales. This latest work follows the now-familiar format of mainly-pictorial presentation (with accurate and informative captions), illustrating the stations and principal features along the line described, including Whitland, Whiland engine shed, Narbeth, Templeton, Kilgetty, Saundersfoot, Tenby, Penally, Lydstep Halt, Manorbier, Beavers Hill Halt, Lamphey, Pembroke and Pembroke Dock. Most of
