A 1930s train station waiting room, forgotten for decades, restores pride to its local community. Everybody in Peckham, south-east London, greets Benedict O’Looney as I walk through the town centre with him. He’s something of a local celebrity and he and his...
Brighstone Holiday Centre was one of the first holiday camps in Britain – and is now one of the last standing. Jane Common visits this piece of history on the Isle of Wight, and is transported back to the days of stripy deckchairs on the lawn and tea dances in...
Full steam ahead As an ex-pat Scot living in London but regularly travelling home I yearn for the days of the Flying Scotsman, particularly the 1930s, when rail travel was at its most glamorous with white table cloths, silver cutlery and vases of fresh cut flowers in...