In the 1970s, avid train spotter and photographer Andy Sparks captured day-to-day life on the railways, recording for posterity scenes that were taken for granted and have now disappeared into memory - everything from loco-hauled passenger trains, the first generation of multiple units and short wagon freight trains to semaphore signals, newspaper and mail trains.

British Rail Northern Scene: A 1970s Railway Album

Engineering & Transportation

Sparks, Andy

Transportation

Sutton Pub Ltd

British Rail Northern Scene: Coast to Coast

Sutton

The railway scene in the 1970s and early 1980s was one of great change. Avid train-spotter Andy Sparks was out and about with his camera, seeking to emulate the work of Colin T. Gifford, who successfully captured the 1960s steam age in his black and white photographs. But by the next decade, modernisation and rationalisation was rapidly sweeping away the vestiges of the previous age, and dereliction and decay intertwined much of what he saw. Desperate to capture the scene, Andy Sparks took thousands of photographs from 1972 until the early 1980s and his images beautifully convey the nostalgic, gritty years of the 1970s and early 1980s on Britain's railways.

British Rail Scene: The 1970s and early 1980s in Photographs

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

The History Press

From 1972 onwards, Andy Sparks sought to capture the different scenes unfolding on the railways of Britain. With his camera at the ready, he travelled wherever and whenever he could, amassing an impressive portfolio of over 1,000 images. The 1970s and '80s was truly an era of change, of decay and dereliction gradually giving way to the onset of new order and organisation. British Rail Scene Remembered recreates the atmosphere of this gritty and distinct period, documenting the people, infrastructure, activities, trains and locomotives of this time.

British Rail Scene Remembered: More Photographs from the 1970s and early 1980s

Reference

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Business & Money

Finance

Holloway, Inc.

This guide is the most comprehensive resource of its kind available, with contribution and review from experienced founders, lawyers, and investors-including Brad Feld, José Ancer, Camille Ricketts, Leo Polovets, Clerky co-founders Darby Wong and Chris Field, Danielle Morrill, Joe Wallin (co-author of the Holloway book, Angel Investing: Start to Finish), and many more. It will help any founder raise the right way, with confidence. Venture capital is a powerful tool for entrepreneurship-one that can help overcome some of the challenges of starting and scaling a new business. It's notoriously easy for founders to take wrong turns in their path to financing a company-but many mistakes are avoidable with the right knowledge. Author Andy Sparks is a three-time founder whose goal is helping entrepreneurs avoid pain, costly mistakes, and fruitless research. Topics covered include: <ul> <li>Assessing whether to raise</li> <li>Determining how much to raise and understanding how valuation and dilution are connected to how much you raise</li> <li>Choosing a financing structure</li> <li>Creating a target list of investors</li> <li>Designing and delivering your pitch and what to expect in investor meetings</li> <li>Everything a founder needs to know about term sheets (created with startup lawyers!), including sample term sheets</li> </ul> This book also includes appendices on networking and mentorship for founders, how venture capitalists make money (think returns, management fees, and carried interest), and a list of example pitch decks. Raising venture capital isn't inevitable for every startup or every founder. The best founders go into the process of raising money with their eyes wide open to all the possibilities, including alternate ways to raise, and the options available to them, from financing structures to pitch designs to what terms to fight for. They can anticipate the next steps in the process before they begin, and ask themselves the important questions along the way. They know what will change between each round, and what to keep an eye out for when it comes to risks and pitfalls. They'll know how that good relationships-with investors, other founders, their team, and their customers-is the most important part of building a successful company, and they know just how to find, foster, and sustain those relationships. Let the Holloway Guide to Raising Venture Capital be there for you, the trusted friend you can turn to again and again.

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British Rail Northern Scene: A 1970s Railway Album

British Rail Northern Scene: Coast to Coast

British Rail Scene: The 1970s and early 1980s in Photographs

British Rail Scene Remembered: More Photographs from the 1970s and early 1980s

The Holloway Guide to Raising Venture Capital: The Comprehensive Fundraising Handbook for Startup Founders

The Holloway Guide to Raising Venture Capital: The Comprehensive Fundraising Handbook for Startup Founders