*As read on BBC Radio 4\'s Book of the Week*\'A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount\' Sunday TelegraphA toy train.. *As read on BBC Radio 4\'s Book of the Week*\'A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount\' Sunday TelegraphA toy train.