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Gravesend Through Time
A01=Robert Turcan
Art Architecture & Photography
Author_Robert Turcan
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-WQ
Category=WQP
COP=United Kingdom
Cultural History
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Format=BC
History
HMM=234
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
ISBN13=9781848681255
Language_English
Local & Urban History
PA=Available
PD=20111015
Photography
POP=Chalford
Price=€10 to €20
PS=Active
PUB=Amberley Publishing
Subject=Local Interest- Family History & Nostalgia
WG=309
WMM=165
Product details
- ISBN 9781848681255
- Weight: 309g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2011
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The river Thames has always been a strong element of Gravesend's history. A port was established close to London, which became the embarkation point for overseas visitors before Tilbury Dock was built. From 1800 to 1830 the population doubled as it became a fashionable resort for Londoners. Day trippers increased in the nineteenth century as cheap fares on paddle steamers became available to the cockney masses. Affordable rail tickets also swelled visitor numbers.Fairs, parks and promenades flourished from the throngs of Victorian pleasure seekers. Meanwhile, heavy industries such as cement and paper manufacture also contributed to business growth, and during the last century, large housing estates have spread around the old town. Robert Turcan's new book will surprise and delight as it shows how the area has changed over time.
Robert Turcan is a retired fund manager who was brought up on a fruit farm in the North Kent horticultural belt. He has a lifelong interest in local history, in the pursuit of which he has amassed a considerable collection of topographical postcards, books and maps. His appreciation of the constantly changing environment is complimented by keen amateur photography, as well as a number of previously published titles on Kent's towns.
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