Press and media
Magazine articles
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Octane Magazine for classic car enthusiasts, February 2009
- Tom Rolt, a chip off the old block, by Richard Rolt
Read this article (2 page PDF, 2.2MB) - Tom Rolt; a personal note by James Sutherland
Read this article (1 page PDF, 1MB) - 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)
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 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
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.
A personal tribute to LTC Rolt - one of the Founders of the IWA, by former National Chairman John C Fletcher 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. 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)
Radio programme
On 8th November 2010, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a programme celebrating the life and legacy of Tom Rolt. This programme was presented by Hermione Cockburn and edited and produced by Julian May.Listen to this talk (MP3 file, 6.5MB)
