The Open Road : a book for Glasgow wayfarers : London Midland & Scottish Railway : Glasgow 1926 : front cover
The railways were prolific publishers of such books of rambles and walks that were designed to help stimulate leisure travel on their lines. They include details of walks as well of special fares such as in this 1926 offering from the LMSR that is entitled "The Open Road - rambles in near-by Shires" for Glasgow wayfarers keen to escape the industrial city for rural idylls.
The book was complied by A Macgregor Scott and were drawn from a column by the author in the Glasgow Evening News. They make much use of the many now long gone branch lines especially to the south of Glasgow and into the Borders. The cover illustrations are by Warwick Reynolds, considered to be amongst one of the finest illustrators of his day and who sadly died, in Glasgow, the year this book was issued in 1926 at the age of 46.
The Open Road : a book for Glasgow wayfarers : London Midland & Scottish Railway : Glasgow 1926 : front cover
The railways were prolific publishers of such books of rambles and walks that were designed to help stimulate leisure travel on their lines. They include details of walks as well of special fares such as in this 1926 offering from the LMSR that is entitled "The Open Road - rambles in near-by Shires" for Glasgow wayfarers keen to escape the industrial city for rural idylls.
The book was complied by A Macgregor Scott and were drawn from a column by the author in the Glasgow Evening News. They make much use of the many now long gone branch lines especially to the south of Glasgow and into the Borders. The cover illustrations are by Warwick Reynolds, considered to be amongst one of the finest illustrators of his day and who sadly died, in Glasgow, the year this book was issued in 1926 at the age of 46.