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The North Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough grew up around its medieval castle, built on a headland.

The LGBTQ+ community is made up of a range of different sexualities and gender expressions.

The north-east of England - Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside - has witnessed many grisly and tragic events over the centuries and it is no surprise that it is one of the most haunted parts of the country.

As a conclusion to his popular series of industrial railways in the regions around the UK, as well two volumes examining steam locomotives at work in industry around the world, here Gordon Edgar looks at the vanishing steam era worldwide.

Today, wrist watches are part practical, part fashion and part wearable tech.

Worksop has until recent times been at the heart of the East Midlands coal-mining and power industries, creating a vital rail hub linking the numerous Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire collieries with the power stations along the Trent Valley that formed the backbone of the UK's electricity generation capability.

International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML) Volume 7 Number 1 (January 2017) ISSN 2231-6248.

Dave Hewitt has made many trips to the United States and Canada over the last twenty years, including visits to thirty-five of the fifty US states.

French Rail (SNCF) has always been a magnet for British rail enthusiasts to enjoy workshop, depot and yard visits together with travel by locomotive-hauled passenger trains.

For much of its history, Bexhill was a small rural town on a hill in East Sussex, a mile or two from the sea.

Horsham is a market town in West Sussex on a major crossing of the River Adur.

The pre-Grouping Companies were fiercely competitive and would defend any incursion by another company penetrating what they considered to be their 'territories'.

Coastal fishing is a way of life within an industry that has provided a living for communities up and down England's east coast for generations.

In the fifth century, Attila the Hun terrorised both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires; his were the first of the Devil's horsemen.

The market town of Romsey lies on the River Test in Hampshire, on the border of the New Forest.

The role of monarchy in the development of the distinctive British political nation is a subject that has commanded much interest with reference to the nineteenth century, but recent consideration of the preceding period has not been so widespread.

The story of Scotland's castles is woven into the history of the country.

The humble banknote has been around in one form or another for over 300 years, and no one would deny that during that time they have been an indispensable part of trade, commerce and the growth of the UK economy.

On 10 June 1986 the image of the rail network of London and the South East of England was overhauled, officially launched by Chris Green in a blaze of publicity at Waterloo station.

Food was as important a part of daily life in the Middle Ages, as it is today.

Over the past hundred years, the scrapping of life-expired buses has changed in numerous ways.

The town of St Andrews in Fife has much to celebrate.

Rarely has any club courted as much controversy, ill feeling and bad press as Leeds United in the 1970s.

Railway wagons were first used by the British to carry sick and wounded members of the military during the Crimean War in 1855.

Dundee is a modern city with a long history.

Class 43 locomotives were introduced to British Rail from 1976 onwards and eventually numbered 197 in total.

The Crosville bus company started bus operations in Liverpool in 1922 and by the end of the decade was the leading operator across the Wirral and into Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales.

Charting the development of the North Sea Oil business from the early days, when oil companies hired seismic ships to go out and use dynamite to try to determine whether there was any oil out there, to the modern day, this is a fascinating history of oil and gas exploration, development and production in the North Sea.

Preston was awarded city status in 2002 and has played an important part in Lancashire's history since the Middle Ages, when it was a centre for wool production and weaving.

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Since deregulation Merseyside has seen its fair share of independent bus operators come and go.

Quarrying of limestone and converting it to quicklime was a major industry around the Irish Sea coasts for many centuries, and it is an aspect of these islands' industrial legacy that has received little attention.

Many of Britain's best-known tourist destinations have been open to visitors for several decades.

Although the story of Jack the Ripper has been told many times, the crime scene locations and the killing ground which he and his unfortunate victims would have been familiar with has been largely left unknown.

Stagecoach South Wales is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and was formed through the acquisitions and consolidation of Aberdare Bus Company Limited, Crosskeys Coach Hire Limited (Glynn Williams), Islwyn Borough Transport Limited, Parfitts Motor Services Limited, Red & White Services Limited, Rhondda Bus Services Limited and The Valleys Bus Company Limited.

Since the 1990s a huge variety of emergency vehicles have been seen in the Thames Valley area - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire.

Nuclear Copper is a true story that delves into the fascinating and covert world of nuclear policing, as seen through the eyes of PC Okuhara.

Dorset and the New Forest are beautiful areas in the south of England.

Kelsick Wood was a nineteenth-century Georgian shipbuilder in Maryport, Cumberland, with a private passion for painting.

Every year thousands of people visit Hitchin to explore its cobbled streets and its many attractions.

Cork is often described as Ireland's southern capital.

The county of Warwickshire has a rich and varied past that is reflected in its historic churches.

The Black Country in the West Midlands was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution.

Devon's landscape and history is steeped in its folklore and legends.

The county of Berkshire is home to a through route from east to west following the River Thames, the ancient Ridgeway, the A4 trunk road, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Great Western Railway.

Crewe has long been a destination for the rail enthusiast keen to see lots of interest and continuous operation.

A story of pioneering students who brought together Americans of all faiths to embrace their differences, improve civil discourse, and work for the betterment of society.

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