Folkestone Book Festival: Belles And Whistles
In the heroic days of rail travel, you could dine on kippers and champagne aboard the Brighton Belle; smoke a post-prandial cigar as the Golden Arrow closed in on Paris, or be shaved by the Flying Scotsman's on-board barber. Everyone from schoolboys to socialites knew of these glamorous 'named trains' and aspired to ride aboard them.
Andrew Martin has travelled aboard five of these famous train journeys modern day equivalents and explains how we got from there to here. He co
11.30am
Tickets £7 / £6 concessions
Quarterhouse, Mill Bay, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1BN
Sat 22 Nov 2014