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Hi Everyone,
Paul 1 here, 65 years old, grandfather of 2 beautiful children, and I am a retired engineer.
I have loved railways all of my life, and my earliest recollections are of going with my late mother to meet my late father off the train when I was about 4.
With a fellow enthusiast, I have just had a railway book published about the railways around our town in Derbyshire. Its a local history society publication and its called Railway Tales. It is really a social history of how railways changed an area, and is full of local peoples stories of how they lived, worked and used the railways. We sold the first 300 in a month, the second reprint of 200 has almost gone, and we are re ordering another 200 this week. Very pleased about that, as you can imagine. Looking forward to having some interesting conversations on here.:)

Welcome to the forum, dear Paul.

Hello Paul
Welcome to the forum, I'm glad to hear your book is selling well.:)

Hello Richard and welcome to the Railway Forum. Is there a web site where people can obtain your book?

Hi Paul1 and a warm welcome from me too. What part or parts of Derbyshire is you book based on? sounds interesting. Anyway hope you enjoy the forum.
All the best
Phil

Welcome to the Forum Paul. Look forward to hearing more about your book. Best wishes,

John H-T. (also of Derbyshire).

Where can I get a copy of your book from Paul? My main interests are railways and local history and I only live just over the county boundary in Nottinghamshire. By the way I'm the same age as you, I retired at the end of August.

Hello John,
Actually we know one another. I am Paul Miller who used to be on this forum a while ago, but had a major computer malfunction and lost contact. I ran the model railway show at Trowell for 6 years for the Ilkeston Woodside group which I know Pat and Mike used to come to every year form Ecclesbourne.
The book is based around the Ilkeston and district area, but includes colliery and Stanton sites as well. If anyone is interested they can order the book through [email protected] orthe history society website at www.ilkestonhistory.org.uk Thanks everyone.