
Nantwich
Britain in Old Photographs
The History Press Ltd
Will be published approx. on 1. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7524-5830-4 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating collection of 200 archive images from the collection held at Nantwich Museum provides a rare insight into the changing history of the town and its surrounding area over the last century. Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption, bringing the past to life and describing many aspects of life in the historic market town, including chapters on work and the once-thriving salt industry, leisure and local events, people and pastimes, providing a vital record of vanished vistas and past practices. This book will awaken nostalgic memories of a bygone time for those who worked or lived in this part of Cheshire.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 169 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-5830-4 (9780752458304)
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Persons
ANNE WHEELER is curator of Nantwich Museum in Cheshire, and was previously Keeper of Social History at St Albans Museum in Hertfordshire. She is the author of Around St Albans. She lives in Nantwich, Cheshire. ANDREW LAMBERTON is a local historian and author of a number of books on the town of Nantwich.