Bradshaw's Guide Bradshaw at the Seaside: Britain's Victorian Resorts (Bradshaw's Guide)

by John Christopher and Campbell McCutcheon

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Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book on what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth-century railway travellers. The guide introduced the notion of seaside holidays to the general public and thanks to the railways it became possible for a town or city dweller to catch a train for a day-trip to the coast and still be home in time for supper.

'Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside,
I do like to be beside the sea!
I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom!
Where the brass bands play:
Tiddely-om-pom-pom!'

Using Bradshaw's Guide illustrated with contemporary images and seaside postcards, John Christopher and Campbell McCutcheon take us on a tour of Britain's Victorian resorts.
  • ISBN10 1445644096
  • ISBN13 9781445644097
  • Publish Date 15 May 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Amberley Publishing
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 96
  • Language English