jhb171achill Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 This will be launched in the Flying Boat Museum, Foynes, on Saturday 26th November. And none of the pictures in it are upside down......! All welcome. Probably about 2pm. Quote
GSR 800 Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 This will be launched in the Flying Boat Museum, Foynes, on Saturday 26th November. And none of the pictures in it are upside down......! All welcome. Probably about 2pm. Excellent John! I'll try to be there:tumbsup: Quote
patrick Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Great news John. I cant wait to get a copy and would love to see the series continue. 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted October 17, 2016 Author Posted October 17, 2016 Many thanks, Patrick. There's a third one in planning stage, Patrick, but so is a history of the Clifden line, so I'll just have to see what time I have. I'd like to get Clifden finished. After the next "picture" book, I've a long term plan for a fourth. The next one will be a collection other than Barry's; while the last one will be a mix of photos from several contributors stretching from the 1920s to the 1990s. Now, none of this will happen overnight as being "retired", I'm exceptionally busy with all sorts of stuff.... Quote
patrick Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 I would love to see Rails Through Waterford and Wexford. Quote
Junctionmad Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 I think its fabulous to see pictures that without these sorts of publications would most likely be lost forever or remain incognito in private collections. The irish railways have changed so much since 2005 , that they are almost unrecognisable and these books are a great way to record its demise well done John dave Quote
leslie10646 Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 This will be launched in the Flying Boat Museum, Foynes, on Saturday 26th November. And none of the pictures in it are upside down......! All welcome. Probably about 2pm. Good luck with the Launch and, of course, sales. Looking forward to selling it to the exiles over here. Pity it won't be in time for the Warley Exhibition! Leslie Quote
John-r Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Fantastic news,really looking forward to this already and a short drive from home( tralee )for me. It would be a pleasure to meet you John as well. Best of luck with the launch. Quote
GSR 800 Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Many thanks, Patrick. There's a third one in planning stage, Patrick, but so is a history of the Clifden line, so I'll just have to see what time I have. I'd like to get Clifden finished. After the next "picture" book, I've a long term plan for a fourth. The next one will be a collection other than Barry's; while the last one will be a mix of photos from several contributors stretching from the 1920s to the 1990s. Now, none of this will happen overnight as being "retired", I'm exceptionally busy with all sorts of stuff.... From the 20s? Keep talking... Quote
Junctionmad Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 From the 20s? Keep talking... I missed that too. it would be great to see stuff from before the 50s, even the Odea collection has its limits in relatively modern times. dave Quote
aclass007 Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Best of luck with the launch! I'm looking forward to getting a copy, and delighted to hear there's more in the pipeline..... Quote
Noel Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 This will be launched in the Flying Boat Museum, Foynes, on Saturday 26th November. And none of the pictures in it are upside down......! All welcome. Probably about 2pm. Looking forward to this being launched. Docked in Foynes many times. It reeks of history. Quote
jhb171achill Posted October 17, 2016 Author Posted October 17, 2016 Jimmy O'Dea's stuff can all be viewed at the National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar. Amazing stuff. You need to make an appointment though, and it took me several days there to go through his entire collection a few years ago. there's a good lot of railway stuff in the Lawrence Collection there too, dating from the 1880-1920 period. For those interested in trams or floating things, there's much to provide interest as well. Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 For those interested in trams or floating things, there's much to provide interest as well. Ringsend? Quote
DiveController Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 This will be launched in the Flying Boat Museum, Foynes, on Saturday 26th November. And none of the pictures in it are upside down......! All welcome. Probably about 2pm. I'll be back in the US by then but looking forward to this as I said before. Quote
Junctionmad Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 Almost all the O' dea collection has now been scanned in high resolution and is accessible via the nli website Quote
Weshty Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 This will be launched in the Flying Boat Museum, Foynes, on Saturday 26th November. And none of the pictures in it are upside down......! All welcome. Probably about 2pm. JB, would love to be there, so fingers crossed. I'll definitely be getting the book. Quote
ttc0169 Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Good luck with the launch Jhb....I'm sure it will be a best seller,I won't make the event,I'll be attending the Warley exhibition,but I'm looking forward to reading this one. Quote
jhb171achill Posted November 16, 2016 Author Posted November 16, 2016 Just an update; the launch will be performed by Lady Geraldine Dunraven, and it all kicks off at 2pm in the Flying Boat Museum in Foynes. Barry and I will be there along with Malcolm Johnston of Colourpoint Publishing. It promises to be a great afternoon! Hopefully I'll see a few of this community there! All invited. Quote
DiveController Posted November 17, 2016 Posted November 17, 2016 Best of luck, John. Long may they continue. Is Book Depository the best way to acquire a copy for those no longer resident in the 51st state? Quote
David Holman Posted November 17, 2016 Posted November 17, 2016 Presumably as it is Colourpoint, it will be widely available JB? Will certainly be aiming to get a copy. Quote
jhb171achill Posted November 17, 2016 Author Posted November 17, 2016 I'd imagine Amazon, DiveController, or direct from the publisher. Yes, David, it would be available from publisher, as would Rails Through the West. Thanks for your good wishes, folks. Quote
leslie10646 Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 As John will tell you, there are several collections which give us an insight into Ireland in the early years of the Twentieth Century - Kelland Collection, Henry Casserley (from 1930s on), Ken Nunn Collection to name a few - all Englishmen, but they left us a Treasury - thank the Lord! The earliest photo from any of these three gents in my book Steaming in Three Centuries was taken in 1901. Leslie Quote
leslie10646 Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 Just another reminder that you can buy John and Barry's North Kerry book from me on Stand D056 (Irish Railway Record Society) at the NEC on Saturday and Sunday. The stock arrived today! Leslie Quote
DiveController Posted November 23, 2016 Posted November 23, 2016 As John will tell you, there are several collections which give us an insight into Ireland in the early years of the Twentieth Century - Kelland Collection, Henry Casserley (from 1930s on), Ken Nunn Collection to name a few - all Englishmen, but they left us a Treasury - thank the Lord!The earliest photo from any of these three gents in my book Steaming in Three Centuries was taken in 1901. Leslie Are these collections digitized and accessible? Quote
leslie10646 Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 Are these collections digitized and accessible? They ARE digitised, however, the drawings are not accessible through the Internet, Kevin, if that's what you mean. However, Richard does sell them on CD-ROM, so you can print whatever you need, however you need it. I'll e-mail you the catalogue. Leslie Quote
DiveController Posted November 24, 2016 Posted November 24, 2016 They ARE digitised, however, the drawings are not accessible through the Internet, KevinI'll e-mail you the catalogue. Leslie THat's exactly what I mean. Thanks, Leslie Quote
jhb171achill Posted November 24, 2016 Author Posted November 24, 2016 All set for Foynes now..... final emails / phone calls tomorrow. See ye there! Quote
leslie10646 Posted November 25, 2016 Posted November 25, 2016 John Good luck with your launch - thanks to Hermes, I'll be launching your book at Warley a couple of hours earlier! For the rest of you - super book packed with an amazing variety of photos and traffic I didn't know the line carried! If you're at Warley, be among the first to own it! Stand D056, in case you've forgotten - Irish Railway Record Society. Come and see Richard's great loco, coach, wagon and building drawings - AND BUY THOSE TOO! Well done John and Barry - another winner. Leslie Quote
jhb171achill Posted November 25, 2016 Author Posted November 25, 2016 Very many thanks, Leslie! Looking forward to tomorrow. Next one's now under way! Quote
leslie10646 Posted November 26, 2016 Posted November 26, 2016 John I hope the Launch went well. I think I sold my first copy at about 10am - people came up to my boxes of books, looked at nothing else and grabbed yours! They know that Barry and you goodself will have done a good job. I'll have to order more on Monday! Leslie Quote
jhb171achill Posted November 27, 2016 Author Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) I would love to see Rails Through Waterford and Wexford. From the 20s? Keep talking... Firstly, many thanks to all who were at Foynes yesterday. Barry and myself greatly appreciated the support and it was good to meet so many people. One of a number of long term future projects would involve sifting through a somewhat eclectic collection of unpublished material, the earliest of which is late 1920s. Much sifting and photoshopping will be required though, as although the raw material is interesting, the quality of the photos varies from the very poor to the adequately good; few are of really high standard! Edited November 27, 2016 by jhb171achill Quote
aclass007 Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) My copy of Rails Through North Kerry arrived in the post this morning... I'm delighted with it! A wonderful book, packed with magnificent photos. Well done on producing yet another masterpiece, jhb! Edited December 12, 2016 by aclass007 Quote
enniscorthyman Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Santa won't let me see my copy till Christmas day. Quote
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