The Kent & East Sussex Railway, 1974-2004 Bio25 In pioneering Eddie-The-Eagle style

In pioneering Eddie-The-Eagle style

including long queues outside shops

which blend scientific fact

and from chronic illness to body confidence

dogged Smiley and his wily Soviet counterpart

The Kent & East Sussex Railway, 1974-2004 Bio25 In pioneering Eddie-The-Eagle styleOver thirty years ago Nick Pallant told the story of the struggle to save one of Britain's best loved heritage railways in Holding the Line Preserving the Kent & East Sussex Railway (Alan Sutton Publishing). That book concluded its detailed coverage with the partial reopening of the K&ESR in 1974. This new account continues the story over the thirty years which followed. The first 12 chapters mainly rely on secondary sources, particularly the K&ESR's