Coastal Contrasts Around Lowestoft (Sea and Land Heritage Research, #22)
by Malcolm White
Ashton-under-Lyne Revisited (Images of England)
by Alan Rose and Joyce Raven
This fascinating collection of over 200 archive images provides a nostalgic insight into the changing history of Ashton-under-Lyne over the last 150 years. The images are accompanied by detailed captions that bring to life many aspects of bygone Ashton-under-Lyne, including chapters on work, schools, transport, streets, industry and local events, providing a vital record of vanished vistas and past practices. This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the area, and also a...
Francis Frith's Around St.Ives (Photographic Memories)
by Des Hannigan
Meet the Queen: The extraordinary public and private life of the world s most famous monarch Born in 1926, married in 1947, crowned as Queen in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II has carried out her royal duty for more than six decades. This book tells her remarkable royal story through a resplendent photographic collection of her public and private life. Brimming with history, politics, glamour, culture, world travel, and such icons of their age as the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe, and JFK, these photograph...
Historic Truro has undergone many changes over the years. Once an important centre of trade from its port, it has also been a stannery town for the mining industry and is today Cornwall's bustling retail capital. Expertly narrated by local historian Christine Parnell, Truro Then & Now explores the history of this fascinating town through ninety stunning full-colour photographs, taking the reader on a nostalgic journey which should not be missed.
Lost Amusement Parks of the North Jersey Shore (Images of America)
by Rick Geffken and George Severini
Peterborough grew up around its cathedral, originally founded as an Anglo-Saxon monastery, but it was only in the nineteenth century that this city on the edge of the Fens started to grow to its present size as one of the largest cities in the east of England. The arrival of the railways and development of new industries in the early nineteenth century brought large numbers of people to Peterborough, and the expansion continued with its designation as a New Town in the 1960s, which led to a larg...
Southampton has been a major port on the South Coast of England since the Norman conquest, when it was a significant departure route for trade to Normandy as well as for invading forces. Its position meant it was also potentially threatened by forces from abroad and extensive defences were built over the centuries, from its mediaeval walls to Tudor fortifications along the Solent. In the nineteenth century Southampton Docks were developed and the strategic importance of the city, as well as vita...
Tacoma's Haunted History (Images of America)
by Ross Allison and Teresa Nordheim
Farsley Omnibus Company and Kippax & District Motor Co. Ltd
by Stuart Emmett
