Book Description
The fascinating history of Stevenage illustrated through old and modern pictures.
Author : Hugh Madgin
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 38,72 MB
Release : 2009-11-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445631121
The fascinating history of Stevenage illustrated through old and modern pictures.
Author : Stephen Jeffery-Poulter
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445616327
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hertfordshire has changed and developed over the last century.
Author : Hugh Madgin
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 29,86 MB
Release : 2011-10-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445629119
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Knebworth has changed and developed over the last century
Author : Hugh Madgin
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445642042
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hitchin Town has changed and developed over the last century.
Author : David Olusoga
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,91 MB
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1529037255
‘A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes’ Choice Magazine In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great adventure of genealogical research, and who have encountered their ancestors in the archives and uncovered family secrets, are now turning to the secrets contained within the four walls of their homes and in doing so finding a direct link to earlier generations. And it is ordinary homes, not grand public buildings or the mansions of the rich, that have all the best stories. As with the television series, A House Through Time offers readers not only the tools to explore the histories of their own homes, but also a vividly readable history of the British city, the forces of industry, disease, mass transportation, crime and class. The rises and falls, the shifts in the fortunes of neighbourhoods and whole cities are here, tracing the often surprising journey one single house can take from an elegant dwelling in a fashionable district to a tenement for society’s rejects. Packed with remarkable human stories, David Olusoga and Melanie Backe-Hansen give us a phenomenal insight into living history, a history we can see every day on the streets where we live. And it reminds us that it is at home that we are truly ourselves. It is there that the honest face of life can be seen. At home, behind closed doors and drawn curtains, we live out our inner lives and family lives.
Author : Hugh Madgin
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 10,69 MB
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445628759
The fascinating history of Hitchin illustrated through old and modern pictures.
Author : Emily Cole
Publisher : Informed Conservation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 11,69 MB
Release : 2021-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781800855991
This book charts the history of Stevenage new town centre, looking at its planning, development, design influences, significance and survival. The historic market town of Stevenage was the first location to be designated for major expansion under the New Towns Act 1946, making it Britain's first post-war new town. As part of this a new town centre was planned from 1946. Informed by the ideas of figures including Gordon Stephenson and Clarence Stein, among the leading planners of their day, the detailed design of this area was undertaken in the 1950s by Stevenage Development Corporation, under Chief Architect Leonard Vincent. The shopping precinct, with surrounding car parks and bus station, was built first, begun in earnest in 1956 and officially opened in April 1959. Its design is notable: the fully pedestrian precinct is one of the earliest examples of this kind of development in Britain and on a scale unequalled in Europe at the time of its initiation. The shopping precinct, designated as a conservation area in 1988, is notable for its uniformity, integrity and level of survival. Provision was also made in the town centre for offices, community, entertainment and public buildings, which will be discussed in this book, along with expansion works undertaken in the 1960s and '70s.
Author : Sir Henry Chauncy
Publisher :
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 1700
Category : Hertfordshire (England)
ISBN :
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 39,17 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Gerald Bullett
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 38,56 MB
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1448205557
First published in 1940, this is the story of how young Adam Swinford, happily tipsy, forgets a weekend engagement in the country, and how in consequence his friend David Brome, waiting for Adam at Chiselbrook Station, gives a lift to beautiful Mary Wilton, with whom he falls in love. David is an outwardly comfortable, inwardly restive 40-year-old, retired on a Civil Service pension. Lydia, his nervous wife for 15 years, has a knack for making him feel stupid. One spring day in the country after weeks of hovering, David finally gets a kiss from Mary, and confesses to Lydia, whom he cannot leave. David readily comes to realize that he must accept his ordeal. Meanwhile in London, smooth Adam Swinford is carrying on his affair with a pick up named Lily Elvers. But Adam gets tired of Lily about the time that she gets pregnant. And about the same time that the irresolute David begins to bore cool Mary, she meets Adam...