Places In Old Photographs

London is the largest capital city in Europe, and is more than just one city. London is two very different cities. To the east is the City of Londo...

With the coming of the naval arms race with Germany, in 1903 the Admiralty decided to establish a naval base and dockyard at Rosyth, taking advanta...

This is a compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway's significant ties to northern...

Stretching for some 90 miles from the Kent boundary near Camber Sands with its sand dunes to Thorney Island within the sheltered waters of Chichest...

Del Boy and Only Fools & Horses made Peckham famous. Since it ceased to be a Surrey village, an amazing variety of people have lived in what is...

Castlebar derived its name from Barry's Castle (Castle Barry), which was located in the open square of the present Army Barracks, up until the time...

Enfield is on the northern edge of Greater London, with the green belt to the north. The area covered within this book is King George V & Willi...

Salford is often seen as the smaller twin of Manchester, its neighbour across the River Irwell. In fact, Salford was a borough long before Manchest...

Chatham has had an association with the Royal Navy since Elizabethan times, moving to its current site in 1622. It provided the facilities to build...

Pat Dunn presents another glimpse into the history of Lye, Wollescote and Stambermill, small Black Country communities spawned by the Industrial Re...

Warwickshire is popularly known as the Heart of England, and there are many jewels that can claim as its own. The elegant spa town of Royal Leaming...

The city of Gloucester has been the subject of many publications in recent years that have detailed its long and eventful history. Gloucester From ...

Glasgow Then and Now takes many classic archive photos of the city and compares them to the scene today. It reveals a transition from an industrial...

From the late eighteenth century, the Industrial Age transformed Belper from a small village of nail-makers to a busy and successful town. Thanks t...

Very few buildings that stood in the centre of Plymouth before the War still remain. The city was devastated by enemy bombing especially during 194...

For a London suburb, Beckenham is surprisingly leafy, forming part of the South East London Green Chain. Originally a Kent village, it remained a r...

This superb collection of over tow hundred photographs traces the history of Bishop Aukland from its origins as North Aclet to modern times. Auckla...

Travel through time and across the country with this state-by-state tour of the United States over the past 100 years. Following on from the critic...

The village of King's Norton began to evolve in the medieval period and is continuing to grow and change while retaining its earlier landscape of a...

The Port of Liverpool handles more container trade with the United States than any other port in the UK and now also serves more than 100 other non...