Places In Old Photographs

Worcester History Tour takes the reader on a journey through the town of Worcester, which became the focus of manufacturing success with the establ...

Nobody could have predicted in the first half of the Twentieth century that 'going to the flicks' would be rapidly superseded in later years by tel...

The book documents and illustrates the people of South Yorkshire's relationship with coal which at times has been most tragic - not to mention quit...

Having been granted city status during the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002, Stirling is Scotlands smallest city, but has an enthralling wealth ...

Liverpool was a small port on the River Mersey in the medieval period, but started to grow rapidly in the eighteenth century, benefitting from the ...

Wolverhampton was a Staffordshire market town in the Middle Ages but became a major industrial town during the Industrial Revolution, renowned for ...

Despite the famously uncooperative Irish weather, John Hindes postcards of Ireland featured bright sunshine and blue skies, a country seemingly peo...

Once, the output of such yards as Harland & Wolff and Workman, Clark was vital business of national and international importance. The Harland &...

The county of Worcestershire in the West Midlands is characterised by its beautiful cathedral city of Worcester, attractive market towns and villag...

Greenwich was home to a royal palace from medieval times and was a particular favourite of the Tudor monarchs, and the Royal Observatory was built ...

Construction on the Callander & Oban Railway began in 1866, but because of the mountain terrain through which the line passed, especially at Gl...

Mansfield has seen many changes over the year. Influenced by its industrial past of coal mining and textiles, it still thrives as a market town. Dr...

The Borough of Trafford includes Flixton, Urmston, Davyhulme, Stretford, Old Trafford, Ashton-on-Mersey, Sale, Bowdon, Hale, Hale Barns and Altrinc...

Originally in Kent, Orpington is now a town in the south-east corner of Greater London. The town grew rapidly in the nineteenth century following t...

This illustrated history portrays one of Englands finest counties. It provides a nostalgic look at Gloucestershires past and highlights the special...

From some of the first ever airfields in Great Britain, through the municipal airports of Stoke, Walsall and Wolverhampton, to a total of eighteen ...

Located on the north bank of the River Thames opposite Gravesend, with which there has been a ferry link for centuries, Tilbury Landing Stage is a ...

This illustrated history portrays one of Englands finest counties. It provides a nostalgic look at Somersets past and highlights the special charac...

This fascinating collection of over 180 images shows, in fine detail, some of the changes that have taken place in Derby over a period of more than...

The Black Country can be something of an enigma. Where exactly is it and how did it acquire such a name? The answers to these questions and many mo...

Dorset is renowned for its beauty as well as its history. Home to the Jurassic Coast, and with over half of the county designated as an Area of Out...