Celia Fiennes
GNR_20202024-01-17T16:50:58+00:00Celia Fiennes was an early travel writer. She toured extensively through England in the late 17th century. Her diaries describe many of the towns...
Then & Now
GNR_20202023-07-18T17:00:11+00:00"The Great North Road - Then and Now" is the title of an excellent 2013 book by lorry driver and roads enthusiast, Chris "Wolfie" Cooper. I suspect many of his loads were not...
1832 Time Travel – London to York
GNR_20202023-06-29T11:58:20+00:00James Fox, alias the Time Travel Artist, includes a little gem of a video amongst his many animated history timelines. Our journey from London to York traces the route of the Great...
Carlton Reid – 2021 Video
GNR_20202023-06-29T11:37:49+00:00Journalist, historian and cycling enthusiast, Carlton Reid, took to the Great North Road in a Morgan open top car – and a fold-up bike. His video promises “oddities” about...
London to Grantham – 1939 Film
GNR_20202023-06-29T11:38:50+00:00This video was taken in 1939 and recently enhanced to improve quality. The video provides a glimpse of the Great North Road before many of the towns were.....