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ADLEY, Robert James was born in 02/03/35. Parents: Harry Adley and Marie Adley.
(An evocative and instructive look at the end of the steam...)
An evocative and instructive look at the end of the steam age and the resulting ruins that lie about the British landscape. The author took color photos as the last steam locomotives rolled by and then twenty-five years later, went back to take more photos that reflect the changes that have been wrought in the name of transportation progress. He takes us to once busy junctions where skeletal single tracks maintain a minimal service and to wildernesses of vines where formerly there was industry and vitality. His atmospheric and evocative photos are supplemented by a thoughtful and impassioned text about the monuments and follies that remain from our own ancient civilization -- the Steam Age. 192 pages with index.
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ADLEY, Robert James was born in 02/03/35. Parents: Harry Adley and Marie Adley.
Falconbury; Uppingham.
Member of Parliament, Bristol North East, 1970-1974. Christchurch and Lymington, 1974-1983. Christchurch, since 1983.
President, Western Area Young Conservatives, 1972. Member. Select Committee on member’s interests, 1979-1982. Chairman, Parliamentary Tourism Committee.
Chairman, British-Jordanian Parliamentary Group. Chairman, BritishASEAN, Chinese. Hungarian, Paraguayan, Spanish, Syrian and Thai, Parliamentary Groups.
Vice-Chairman, Conservative, Transport Committee. Chairman, Selecy Committee, on Transport, 1991-1992. Pearl & Dean (Thailand) Ltd, 1956.
Sales director, May Fair Hotel, 1960-1964. Director, Alexander James & Dexter Ltd., since 1984. Director, William Jacks Plc, since 1984.
Director and marketing consultant, Commonwealth Holiday Inns of Canada Ltd.
(An evocative and instructive look at the end of the steam...)
Hotels, the Case for Aid, 1966. One Man, No Vote, 1976. A Policy for Tourism, 1977.
British Steam in Camercolour 1962-1968, 1979. Take It or Leave It, 1980. In Search of Steam, 1981.
The Call of Steam, 1982. To China for Steam, 1984. All Change Hong Kong, 1984.
In Praise of Steam, 1985. Wheels of Steam, 1987. Covering My Tracks, 1988.
Clubs: member, National Council. Member, British Hotels, Restaurants and Caterers Association. Member, Railway Correspondence and Travel Society.
Member of committee, National Railway Museum. Member, Brunei Society. Trustee, Brunei Engineering Centre Trust.
Patron, SS Great Britain Project.
Spouse Jane Elizabeth Adley (née Pople). Children: two s.