{"product_id":"9781909270251","title":"Branch Line Louie and his stories in rhyme","description":"This truly unique and exciting book tells the story of transport in rhyme , centred around a little G.W.R Dock Tank No.1361. The beautifully illustrated pictures, in pen and ink, aims to promote and recall memories of how we used to travel in days gone by. Paying tribute to all of the dedicated people who spend their time lovingly renovating trains, cars, buses, lorries, airplanes and bikes in their efforts to keep our branch lines and heritage alive. This book also helps to promote English, prose, History, Geography, Engineering, friendship and loyalty as well as the community spirit the transport industry can bring. This first poem, brings to life transport and provides a taste of what is to come. We hope you enjoy the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur Branch Line\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe had a little station, at the bottom of our lane\u003cbr\u003eT'was nice to sit upon the fence, to watch those old steam trains\u003cbr\u003eThey only had three carriages behind an old green tank\u003cbr\u003eThe people had the driver and the Fireman to thank\u003cbr\u003eFor getting them to places where they had to be on time\u003cbr\u003eThose railway staff worked busy, keeping open our branch line\u003cbr\u003eA level crossing just before the sloping platform edge\u003cbr\u003eAnd passing loop beyond the box where engines used to rest\u003cbr\u003eThe station masters' really good and did his staff quite proud\u003cbr\u003eAnd passengers all loved him, he stood out from the crowd\u003cbr\u003eSo pleasant just to listen, while the bluebirds used to sing\u003cbr\u003eOnly to be broken by the bell that used to ding\u003cbr\u003eBesides the single engine shed, the small good yards was there\u003cbr\u003eWith produce sent to market, for each and all to share\u003cbr\u003eThe signal drops, the guard he pops and blows his whistle hard\u003cbr\u003eHe waved his flag, a hiss of steam and slowly it moves off\u003cbr\u003eA wheel slip at the junction, as they pass the water crane\u003cbr\u003eWhere engines fill up briskly, on their way down to the main\u003cbr\u003eThe whistle blows out loudly, in the tunnel it does go\u003cbr\u003eWe only have six minutes, by they clock that's never slow\u003cbr\u003eTo run off with out schoolmates, to get inside the gate\u003cbr\u003eFor otherwise we're kept behind, if ever we were late\u003cbr\u003eThose summer days have long since gone, I wish they still were here\u003cbr\u003eOh! Happy times remembered, those days of yesteryear.","brand":"eBookPartnership.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141174051056,"sku":"9781909270251","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909270251_p0.jpg?v=1763623483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909270251","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}