{"product_id":"forget-the-anorak-what-trainspotting-was-really-like-9780752453262","title":"Forget the Anorak: What Trainspotting Was Really Like","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Harvey's book brings to its readers the excitement of trainspotting in the 1950s and 60s, the hobby's heyday. Forget the Anorak will reignite your childhood passion for steam with stories of teenagers roaming the railways of Britain, sleeping on deserted platforms on porters' trolleys, eluding capture and letting off stink bombs on the Underground. You'll be able to smell the steam, soot and unwashed socks on this nostalgic journey back to the golden days of trainspotting and Britain after the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael G. Harvey was taking an interest in railways before he was out of his pram. By the mid-1950s he had taken his pursuit of steam all over the United Kingdom. Nowadays Michael is a much sought-after public speaker up and down the country, recounting his stories of the 1950s and 60s when he and his friends travelled the length and breadth of Britain in search of sometimes elusive steam locomotives. But rest assured, neither he nor his trainspotting pals ever wore an anorak!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 168 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Condition: Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (275)","offer_id":39529311600749,"sku":"9780752453262","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/products\/9780752453262.jpg?v=1628324582","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/forget-the-anorak-what-trainspotting-was-really-like-9780752453262","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}