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Known around the world for its famous Royal Regatta, the Henley-on-Thames of today is a picturesque centre for the fashionable and successful. This was not always the case for this …
Southend-on-Sea has gone through many transformations since its birth in the Middle Ages, when a settlement of farmers and fishermen was established at the southernmost end of the …
A history of London's East End
From the 1860s, residents of the town were commenting sadly on the rapid changes that were taking place, and at least one local artist found a ready market for his views of …
Originally just a single farm, Hanley has grown into the largest and most central town in the greater area of Stoke-on-Trent. Through this stunning selection of archive images, …
This book is part of the Then & Now series, which matches old photographs with modern ones taken from the same camera locations, to demonstrate the changes that have occurred over …
The industrial town of Burnley developed around coalmining and cotton weaving and spinning. In this absorbing new book local author Jack Nadin has gathered together ninety pairs of …
Renowned as a centre of ship-building and steel-working in the early twentieth century, the town of Jarrow, on the river Tyne, has seen a huge amount of change over the course of …
Sheffield Then & Now offers the reader a comprehensive overview of life as it has changed from the industrial smoke of decades past through to the modern developments of the …
Across the Island, houses, forts, castles and monuments have fallen victim to the passage of time. Sometimes the only clue that they ever existed is in a name, Wilkes Street - …