Authors: Christian Wolmar
Manchester & Birmingham Railway,
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Manchester & Leeds Railway,
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Manchester & Sheffield Railway,
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Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway,
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Marlborough,
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Marly, gardens of,
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Marples, Ernest,
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Marylebone Cricket Club,
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Marylebone station,
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Mayhew, Henry,
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Meakin, George,
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Mechanics' Institutes,
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Mendips,
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Merchant Navy,
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Mercury
,
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Merstham,
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Merthyr Tydfil,
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Metroland,
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Metropolitan District Railway,
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Metropolitan Railway,
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; introduces Pullman service,
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; profitability,
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; and Great Central Railway,
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; and amalgamation,
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middle classes,
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Middlesbrough,
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Middleton Colliery,
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Mid-Kent Railway,
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Midland Counties Railway,
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Midland Railway,
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; enters price war,
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; access to London,
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; promotes third class,
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; and Irish services,
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; Pullman service,
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; industrial relations,
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; and Settle & Carlisle line,
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; braking system,
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; coal trains,
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; and wartime,
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; and amalgamation,
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Milford Haven,
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military trains,
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Milne, Sir James,
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Milton Keynes,
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mines,
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Molesworth, Sir William,
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Monmouthshire,
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Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company,
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monopolies,
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; Huish and,
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,
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; Victorian fear of,
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,
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; privatization and,
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âmonster trains',
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Morecambe Bay,
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Moretonhampstead,
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Moreton-in-the-Marsh,
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Morning Post
,
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Morrison, Herbert,
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Morton, Sir Alastair,
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Motherwell,
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motorways,
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Mumbles,
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munitions trains,
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Napoleon Bonaparte,
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narrow gauge railways,
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National Rail Enquiry Service,
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National Union of Railwaymen (NUR),
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National Wages Board,
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nationalization,
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; opposition to,
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,
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; and amalgamation,
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,
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,
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; and industrial relations,
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navvies,
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; deaths of,
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; shipped to Crimea,
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Nesham's Colliery,
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Network Rail,
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Network SouthEast,
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New Southgate,
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New Zealand,
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Newcastle,
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; London services,
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; Tyne bridges,
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; wartime evacuation,
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Newcastle & Carlisle Railway,
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; freight services,
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Newcastle & Darlington Railway,
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Newcastle Courant
,
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âNewcastle Roads',
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Newcomen, John,
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Newington Green,
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Newport,
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newspaper specials,
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newspapers (press),
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,
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,
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; and railway advertising,
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,
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; and railway races,
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; and rail strike,
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; Southern Railway campaign,
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; opposition to nationalization,
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; switch to road haulage,
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; opposition to privatization,
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Newtown,
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night traffic,
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Nightall, Jim,
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Nock, O. S.,
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Norfolk,
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North British Railway,
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; route to Scotland and railway races,
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; industrial relations,
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; compensation claim,
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; and amalgamation,
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North Devon & Cornwall Junction Light Railway,
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North Eastern Railway,
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,
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; industrial relations,
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; and railway races,
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,
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; electrification,
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; and wartime,
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; and amalgamation,
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North London Railway,
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North Midland Railway,
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North Staffordshire Railway,
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Northamptonshire,
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Northern & Eastern Railway,
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Northern Barrage,
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Northern Ireland,
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Northolt,
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Northumberland,
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Northwich,
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Norway,
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Norwich,
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Nottingham,
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Nottinghamshire,
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Novelty
,
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NunheadâLewisham loop,
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Octuple agreement,
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oil crisis,
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Okehampton,
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Old St Pancras churchyard,
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Olympic Games,
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omnibus connections,
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see also
buses
One,
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Orcadian
,
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Orkney,
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Oswestry,
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Outram, Benjamin,
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Overend Gurney collapse,
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Overton, George,
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Owen, Elizabeth Mary,
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OxfordâCambridge line,
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Oxford Companion to British Railway History
,
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Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway,
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Paddington station,
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; construction,
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,
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; Great Western Royal Hotel,
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; and electric telegraph,
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; smells,
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; and electrification,
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; and Crossrail scheme,
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Paignton,
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Paisley,
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Palatine
,
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Pall Mall Gazette
,
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Palmer, Henry,
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Papin, Denis,
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Paris,
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Parkinson, Cecil,
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Parkside,
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parliamentary trains,
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Pasenger's Charter,
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Passchendaele,
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Passenger Transport Executives,
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passengers,
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; first services,
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; first-class,
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; second-class,
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; third-class,
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,
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; riding on roofs,
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; VIPs,
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; deceased,
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; Atlantic,
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,
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; obstreperous,
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; luggage allowances,
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; decline in numbers,
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; dress,
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; increase in numbers,
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Patentee
,
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Patricroft,
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Peak District,
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Pease, Joseph,
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Peckham,
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Pembrey,
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Pendleton, John,
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Pendolino trains,
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,
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,
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Penkridge viaduct,
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penny post,
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Pen-y-Darren,
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Perseverance
,
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Persia, ancient,
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Perth,
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; marshalling yards,
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Peru,
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Peterloo,
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Peyton, Lord,
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picnic baskets,
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Plymouth,
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,
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; wartime services,
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,
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; London services,
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,
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,
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; time in,
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; and Atlantic passengers,
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