Jason Brindle, a ten-year-old boy, is magically transported from a comfortable life in 2017 into the midst of the Cotton Famine in Blackburn in 1862. How he will get back home? Read Jasons Magic Railway. It will surprise and delight you.

Mark Hesketh Jones was born in 1961 in Liverpool, UK. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Blackburn. He teaches English as a Foreign Language. His favourite activities and interests include theatre history, walking and he has been playing the church organ since 1981. After many years of working for a major UK bank Mark became an entertainer, musician and a local history guide. For eight years, he was Front of House Manager at Eastbourne's historic Royal Hippodrome Theatre, during which time he researched its history - (Published in 2006) He moved to Malta in 2007, since when he has taught English in a language school. He is married with one son - Ciaran. His previous authorial career includes: Mr Phipps Theatre - The Sensational Story of Eastbourne's Royal Hippodrome (with John Pick). Heyday of the Hippodrome Al Souls Church (with Peter Wood - text by MHJ) The Britannia Theatre (published privately)