It's fantastic seeing this snapshot of time when the totality of this franchise was an unassuming children's book like any other of its era.
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Exactly 🙂
@joshuaW56212 жыл бұрын
It must be cool owning the original version of the book. Middleton’s drawings honestly aren’t that good but they are rather interesting.
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know what you mean 🙂
@UkFinest2995 Жыл бұрын
13:30 I had a dream where I actually saw Wilbert's sketch of that illustration.
@sodorislandmodels6332 Жыл бұрын
Cool
@danielsellers87072 жыл бұрын
A piece of history there!
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
😁
@FlyingRabbitMedia2 жыл бұрын
I got this book recently :D was so happy to pick up a middleton edition
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Nice one! Do you know what edition, and what cover you have?
@FlyingRabbitMedia2 жыл бұрын
@@sodorislandmodels6332 not sure. It came without the dust cover. And like yours it doesn't say any dates inside the first few pages. So I'm assuming it's a 1945 edition
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Great! :)
@blueflash6854 ай бұрын
It has to be one of the most rare book.
@sodorislandmodels63324 ай бұрын
I think so
@westinbridges7321 Жыл бұрын
Very nice video, even if I'm late to comment. I just want to give you some information regarding William Middleton, that was discovered by @clickclacktrack in June 2023. Middleton was born in Countesthrope, Leicestershire on 16 December 1891 and would be living in Leicester in 1901. He married Florence Louisa Orton in 1915, and had a son named John Hubert Middleton in 1926. He lived on Brinsmead Road in 1939 as a full-time lithographic artist. His whole thing with The Three Railway Engines occurred and after a while moved to Birstall, Leicestershire, living the rest of his life on Sibson Road. He would pass away peacefully in hospital on 12 August 1978, at the age of 86.
@sodorislandmodels6332 Жыл бұрын
Cheers, yeah I liked his video
@0clectmovie781 Жыл бұрын
Here’s a fact for your upcoming video on William Middleton: he didn’t put effort into his drawings because he didn’t think that a book about “dirty, old, locomotives” would be successful. That’s right, the _____, _______, ________ is referring to William Middleton, because Audrey wanted an Atlantic.
@sodorislandmodels6332 Жыл бұрын
Ta :)
@dariusturner11718 ай бұрын
I want these additions!! I looked online they run 2000 dollars!!!! Which makes sense
@sodorislandmodels63328 ай бұрын
Wow that's a lot!
@Gerargeplublicalember Жыл бұрын
would it be possible to provide high quality, uncropped scans of the illusttions because i cant find hq uncropped scans of every illustration anywhere online. the ones on the thomas wiki are cropped.
@sodorislandmodels6332 Жыл бұрын
I'll do my best, not sure when I'll get a chance
@PinkEngineReserve20072 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@MiniatureCharacters012 жыл бұрын
Nice
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@mitik3922 жыл бұрын
yay!
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@flyinggordonproductions4875 Жыл бұрын
Keep that thing in a case please
@sodorislandmodels6332 Жыл бұрын
🙂
@TiasVsEverything Жыл бұрын
Really good video and breakdown but that background music is so distracting and it’s hard to focus on your voice, especially when that weird double-beat heart-attack sound bit happens in some parts of the piece.
@TiasVsEverything Жыл бұрын
Like at 7:45/7:50 or so I rewound like 6 times to try focus on what you were trying to say but could not drown the music out.
@sodorislandmodels6332 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the advice 🙂
@DanielK04282 жыл бұрын
Gyönyörű darabok
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@DanielK04282 жыл бұрын
@@sodorislandmodels6332 I say this because. They are almost 80. Crazy to think about how long that is. And they still in great shape.
@sodorislandmodels63322 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I've had them about ten years so credit should really go to their previous owner(s)! The binding is a little lose in places and there are a couple of small repairs with tape, but they're in better shape than some of my second hand books by Christopher Awdry 😁