The classic freighters era
Chris Graham on 23rd May 2020
Ships Monthly magazine takes a nostalgic look back at the classic freighters era, and some of the ships that dominated international trade during the decades immediately after WW2.
Articles
A beautiful childhood memory
Chris Graham on 23rd May 2020
Ian Stevens' sympathetic treatment of his 1943 Fordson Standard N rekindles a beautiful childhood memory, as Alan Barnes discovers.
Wheels of Industry bookazine
Chris Graham on 15th May 2020
Industrial steam at work: Each issue explores industrial railway systems that, in the vast majority of cases, have long been abandoned and lost to time.
Traction Engine Bookazines
Chris Graham on 14th May 2020
Each edition in this series of Traction Engine Bookazines has 100 pages packed with mostly previously unpublished photographs supported by detailed and authoritative captions
Original Muir-Hill muscle
Chris Graham on 14th May 2020
James Connolly finds a genuine example of some original Muir-Hill muscle, in the form of the popular 121 Series II model.
Highly-prized and very smart 7810
Chris Graham on 8th May 2020
Bob Weir heads to Aberdeenshire to meet life-long Ford tractor enthusiast, Gary Morrison, and his highly-prized and very smart 7810.
The Foden S10 Mk3 4×2 tractor
Chris Graham on 6th May 2020
Mark Gredzinski charts the history of the Foden S10 Mk3 4x2 tractor; the first model produced once American concern Paccar had bought the struggling, Cheshire-based truck maker.
The history of Tata
Chris Graham on 4th May 2020
Ed Burrows delves into the history of Tata, which began life in 1954, as a Mercedes-Benz joint-venture.
A first class delivery!
Chris Graham on 2nd May 2020
Having restored a red Morris JB mail van, Gordon Wilson needed a green GPO van to match it. Peter Simpson tells the story of a first class delivery, and gets to see the rest of the collection, too.
Superbly-restored 1939 Foden DG5
Chris Graham on 1st May 2020
David Reed drops in on Steve Boot, to see his superbly-restored 1939 Foden DG5; a recent returnee to the rally scene, following many years away and a second rebuild.
Great transport and industrial heritage reads to buy online
martinw on 29th April 2020
Browse our brand-new Summer bookazine catalogue - simply click on the full-screen tool in the bottom right-hand corner and turn the pages to view the content.
Cheffins’ online charity auction
Chris Graham on 15th April 2020
The Cheffins' online charity auction will be be raising funds for the COVID-19 Fast Response Fund set up by Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust.
What’s the link between the Royal Navy and the Spanish Civil War?
Chris Graham on 15th April 2020
The Royal Navy and the Spanish Civil War are more linked than many of you may realise. We explain what really happened between 1936 and '39.
New Vintage Roadscene Archive edition
Chris Graham on 14th April 2020
Harold Wood: Bulk Liquid Transport is an exciting new addition to the Vintage Roadscene Archive bookazine series, providing an absorbing pictorial history of this important tanker operator.
