Back Track
RECORDING THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS
Vol. 37 ·= No. 3
No. 383
MARCH 2023
Those lazy, hazy, railway days of summer…
Holidays make another early appearance this month, following our foray back into the days of camping coaches over the last two months, and as we creep fitfully towards the end of winter it can be therapeutic to look forward to what the summer might offer us. Holidays have been a fruitful subject in this magazine in connection with the growth of seaside resorts and the railways which sparked it. The ‘Wakes’ weeks of the northern towns, the Glasgow ‘Fairs’ and the ‘Trades’ holidays have all featured in the consideration of how the railways catered for them, while
