L·T·C·ROLT

Press and media

The 2010 Rolt centenary has generated a lot of interest in Tom Rolt's life and his works.

On this page is a list of some of the many articles about LTC Rolt that have appeared during the centenary year, several of which can be downloaded as pdf files. Also there is a chance to listen again to the programme broadcast in November 2010 on Radio 4.

Magazine articles

• Octane Magazine for classic car enthusiasts, February 2009

  Gone But Not Forgotten - Tom Rolt, by Dale Drinton

• Links, December 2009

  LTC Rolt’s Legacy lives on, by Julia Elton, Clive Henderson and John Powell

• Talyllyn News No 224, December 2009

  Article by Richard Hope, announcing the LTC Rolt Centenary

• Waterways World, January 2010
  

  Tom Rolt - a Life in Books, by Mark Baldwin with additional words by David Bolton
  Read this article (7 page PDF, 1.85MB)

• Canal Boat & Inland Waterways magazine, February 2010.

  Tom Rolt: a tribute, by Hugh McKnight.
  Read this article (6 page PDF, 5.5MB)

• Cambrian News 25 Feb 2010

  The Father of Railway Preservation, by Paul Gunn

• Links March 2010, Tom Rolt Centenary Issue
  

  Tom Rolt, a chip off the old block, by Richard Rolt
  Read this article (2 page PDF, 250K)

  Tom Rolt; a personal note by James Sutherland
  Read this article (1 page PDF, 1MB)

• Narrow Boat Spring 2010

  Cressy - The Missing Years by Hugh Potter

• Narrow Gauge World March/April 2010

  The Man Who Saved The Talyllyn

• The Harriets April 2010

  Tom Rolt by Peter Roberts

• Talyllyn News March 2010

  A chip off the old block by Richard Rolt, (article with photo of Sonia Rolt)

• Cornerstone The Magazine of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, Volume 31 Spring 2010
  

  Sonia Rolt: Water and Earth but above all Fire, by Kate Griffin
  Read this article (4 page PDF file, 350K)

  Key Reads: Books That Mattered, No 20 Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Gillian Darley
  Read this article (2 page PDF file, 250K)

• Waterways Spring 2010 Issue 227 (Tom Rolt Centenary)

  A personal tribute to LTC Rolt - one of the Founders of the IWA, by former National Chairman John C Fletcher
  Read this article (4 page PDF, 6.3MB)

• Canal Boat June 2010

  A Boat Called Cressy by Hugh Mcknight

• Official Programme VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb August 7th & 8th 2010

  Rolt of the VSCC by Julian Ghosh
  Read this article (2 page PDF file, 175K)

• Irish Waterways

  Rolt Remembered by Gerald Potterton
  Read this article (1 page PDF file, 2.75MB)

• Waterways Journal Volume 12 Waterways Conservation & Writing

  LTC Rolt (1910-1974) by Joseph Boughey

• Oxfordshire Limited Edition August 2010

  Celebrating the man who saved our canals - Tom Rolt’s groundbreaking journey remembered by Nicola Lisle

• Canals Rivers and Boats December 2010

  Tom Rolt - Narrow Boat Man by Tim Coghlan
  Read this article (6 page PDF file, 8.3MB)

• Industrial Archaeology Review May 2011 Volume 33 No 1

  Remembering Rolt: A Symposium in Honour of the 100th Anniversary of LTC Rolt's Birth — A Pioneer of Industrial Archaeology, by Angus Buchanan et al
  
  You can download this article free of charge from the publisher's website.

Radio programme

On 8th November 2010, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a programme celebrating the life and legacy of Tom Rolt. It was presented by Hermione Cockburn and edited and produced by Julian May.
Listen to this programme (MP3 file, 6.5MB)