Manchester: From the Robert Banks Collection

This fascinating collection of archive photographs, taken by professional photographer Robert Banks working in Manchester during the 1900s, offers a rare glimpse of some of the events that were taking place in the city at the time. Illustrated with over 130 snapshots — many never before published — of street scenes, buildings and the transport of yesteryear, as well photographs of whit walks, temperance marches, football matches and royal visits to the city, this absorbing book captures Manchester at the turn of the last century and is an essential volume for lovers of photography and everyone with an interest in the history of the area.