num_pages: 208
description: Offers readers the excitement of trainspotting in the 1950s and '60s, the hobby's heyday. This title provides a personal account of what the hobby entailed - teenagers roaming the railways of Britain, sleeping on deserted platforms on porters' trolleys, 'bunking' dimly lit depots and eluding catpure, and stink bombs on the Underground.
language: English
title: Forget the Anorak: What Trainspotting Was Really Like
publisher: The History Press