Based upon the author's large personal collection of beautiful fashion postcards from Edwardian times, this book takes the reader on a journey through that era - covering the hat fashions and social changes of the day. Delve further into the carnage that took place around the world, in which unscrupulous and money grabbing individuals from the Northumbrian coast in England to the Everglades in America, would callously slaughter whole colonies of birds (leaving their young to die) purely to provide the millinery trade with ornate feathers to decorate fashionable hats during that...
Based upon the author's large personal collection of beautiful fashion postcards from Edwardian times, this book takes the reader on a journey through...
Mining disasters attracted the attention of the public and the press during the twentieth century, just as they had done a few generations earlier. This interest was made even more immediate and certainly more graphic through the increasing use of photographic images and film; and the impact of broadcasting via radio and, eventually, television was immense.
The disasters also demonstrated and underlined the tremendous courage that miners had for their comrades, selfless heroism evident on countless occasions.
Although everyday fatalities in mines was far greater, it was...
Mining disasters attracted the attention of the public and the press during the twentieth century, just as they had done a few generations earlier. Th...
Drawing on the archives of Mary Evans Picture Library, 'Images of the Past - The British Seaside' is a nostalgic promenade through the history of Britain's seaside resorts from their early genesis as health destinations to their glorious, mid-20th century heyday, subsequent decline and recent regeneration. British coastal resorts developed during a period of vast expansion and social change. Within a century, the bathing phenomenon changed from a cautiously modest immersion in the sea to a pastime that prompted the building of vast art deco temples dedicated to the cult of swimming. Once...
Drawing on the archives of Mary Evans Picture Library, 'Images of the Past - The British Seaside' is a nostalgic promenade through the history of Brit...
Concise but fully illustrated history of Britain s most famous sporting venue: a chronological photographic record, from the construction of the iconic Twin Towers to their sad destruction 80 years later.
Concise but fully illustrated history of Britain s most famous sporting venue: a chronological photographic record, from the construction of the iconi...
A richly illustrated and eminently readable history of how caring for the sick poor in their own homes became a profession, and how the district nursing movement was established in the United Kingdom.
A richly illustrated and eminently readable history of how caring for the sick poor in their own homes became a profession, and how the district nursi...
