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Congratulations on the very comprehensive study of the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen line and its branches. I joined the Teifi Valley Narrow Gauge Railway Project in 1978 and helped the Dyfed Railway Company obtain the Light Railway Order necessary for the purchase of the Emlyn branch. As a director I secured all the grant money to finance the initial tracklaying and later extensions. The inevitable political power struggles led to my banishment 3 times and have left the railway in a bad way. (Companies House consider it shouldn’t be trading.)
I have used my retirement to investigate the history of the Emlyn branch, being puzzled by the GWR”s decision to spend a lot of time and money taking 10 years building a line of 6 miles. I found the answer in the Tivyside report on the day the Emlyn station opened, which revealed the persistence of the level of control of life by the Cawdor Estate. I’m now trying to find a publisher for the resulting slim volume to mark the anniversary of Emlyn Station on July 1st 1895. Any ideas?
Off the top of my head, a slim volume normally gets released as a self publishing project – see David Maidment’s (?) recent study of the Aeron branch and John ‘Abergynolwyn’ Davies’ memoirs. Being it is specifically of Welsh historic interest, you could try Y Lolfa or Gomer. My experience of Y Lolfa was that they asked me for a large amount of money for a greater royalty, but that may have been due to it being fiction. Gomer, because it is local to them.Calon Books might be a good try.
Depending on the size of the book, would it be of interest to Historical journals, such as Ceredigion society?
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Congratulations on the very comprehensive study of the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen line and its branches. I joined the Teifi Valley Narrow Gauge Railway Project in 1978 and helped the Dyfed Railway Company obtain the Light Railway Order necessary for the purchase of the Emlyn branch. As a director I secured all the grant money to finance the initial tracklaying and later extensions. The inevitable political power struggles led to my banishment 3 times and have left the railway in a bad way. (Companies House consider it shouldn’t be trading.)
I have used my retirement to investigate the history of the Emlyn branch, being puzzled by the GWR”s decision to spend a lot of time and money taking 10 years building a line of 6 miles. I found the answer in the Tivyside report on the day the Emlyn station opened, which revealed the persistence of the level of control of life by the Cawdor Estate. I’m now trying to find a publisher for the resulting slim volume to mark the anniversary of Emlyn Station on July 1st 1895. Any ideas?
Off the top of my head, a slim volume normally gets released as a self publishing project – see David Maidment’s (?) recent study of the Aeron branch and John ‘Abergynolwyn’ Davies’ memoirs. Being it is specifically of Welsh historic interest, you could try Y Lolfa or Gomer. My experience of Y Lolfa was that they asked me for a large amount of money for a greater royalty, but that may have been due to it being fiction. Gomer, because it is local to them.Calon Books might be a good try.
Depending on the size of the book, would it be of interest to Historical journals, such as Ceredigion society?
Regards
Geraint