{"product_id":"hayling-island-by-heart","title":"Hayling Island By Heart: The Billy Line, Beach Huts \u0026 Island Memories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn 2 November 1963, the last Hayling Billy ran.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor almost a hundred years a little train carried holidaymakers from Havant over a wooden bridge at twenty miles an hour, buckets and spades on every lap. Then the bridge needed replacing, the cost was judged too high, and the line closed. People on the island still talk about it like it was last week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHayling has always been changing, and it is changing again. So we've written down the island people actually remember: the Billy, the beach huts and whose was whose, Funland, the ferry to Eastney, the brent geese coming back every winter, and the old yew at St Mary's that has seen all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHayling Island By Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of island stories, places and memories, written for islanders, for the families who came every summer, and for anyone who knew the holiday had started the moment they went over the bridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/hayling-02-inside.jpg?v=1793631520\" alt=\"What's inside Hayling Island By Heart\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:600px;border-radius:6px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside you'll find:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hayling Billy from 1867 to its last run, and why the little engines had to be so little\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty miles an hour over Langstone, and the Billy Trail you can walk today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEastoke, the beach huts, Funland and the seafront\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSinah, the dunes, West Beach at low tide and the ferry to Eastney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMengham, Northney, St Mary's and the old yew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe holiday camps, the windsurfing story, and Hayling in winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;margin:28px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/cart\/58373450367358:1\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#3F7FA6;color:#ffffff;padding:16px 36px;border-radius:6px;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eGet Hayling Island By Heart\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/hayling-03-spread.jpg?v=1793631520\" alt=\"Inside pages of Hayling Island By Heart\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:600px;border-radius:6px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it's for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Haylingites, families who came every summer, anyone who ever rode the Billy or had a nan who did. A lovely gift for someone who still talks about the island the way it was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you get:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20 chapters, about 60 pages, as a PDF you can read on your phone, tablet or computer, or print at home. Any corrections and new memories added later are sent to you free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/hayling-04-gift.jpg?v=1793631520\" alt=\"Hayling Island By Heart, a gift for anyone who loves the island\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:600px;border-radius:6px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;margin:28px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/cart\/58373450367358:1\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1D2B45;color:#ffffff;padding:16px 36px;border-radius:6px;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eDownload it now\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;color:#666666;\"\u003eThis is an ebook (a digital download), so nothing is posted. Your download link arrives straight after checkout. Made by Roots \u0026amp; Routes, a small independent shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots \u0026 Routes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58373450367358,"sku":"HAY-BH-01","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/t-e-x-t_-t-o_-i-m-a-g-e-cc963e20-e629-440a-9a2d-416d9e9fc67c.png?v=1793631523","url":"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/products\/hayling-island-by-heart","provider":"Roots \u0026 Routes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}