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Book Trafford Park From Old Photographs

Download or read book Trafford Park From Old Photographs written by Patricia Southern and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Trafford Park in vintage photographs, once the largest industrialised area in Britain and the workshop of Greater Manchester.

Book Manchester From Old Photographs

Download or read book Manchester From Old Photographs written by Eric Krieger and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating portrait of Manchester presented through a remarkable collection of historical photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Book Trafford Park  Photographs by A  Brothers   Co

Download or read book Trafford Park Photographs by A Brothers Co written by TRAFFORD PARK. and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Industrial History from the Air

Download or read book Industrial History from the Air written by Kenneth Hudson and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1984-11-22 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to explore the exceptional opportunities offered by aerial photography for unravelling the physical complexities and historical development of the industrial landscape of Britain. A wide range of industrial sites is illustrated - from quarries, mines and car factories to airports, railways and New Towns. The general nature and significance of their history and development is discussed while the detailed commentaries accompanying each photograph indicate the kind of historical and technical information which cannot be easily obtained in any other way. There is good geographic coverage of sites, with examples from England, Wales and Scotland, drawn from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Through a combination of fascinating narrative detail and imaginative presentation of photographic evidence, this book provides a unique insight into our industrial past and present.

Book Trafford Park

Download or read book Trafford Park written by Karen Cliff and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Trafford Park in vintage photographs, once the largest industrialised area in Britain and the workshop of Greater Manchester. The industrial zone known as Trafford Park, between the Manchester Ship Canal and the Bridgewater Canal, began life as an extensive area of parkland surrounding the stately home of the de Trafford family. Finding themselves completely hemmed in by waterways after the establishment of the Manchester Ship Canal, the de Traffords vacated the land, opening up the whole area for industrial development. Gradually the whole area was covered with factories and the ancillary roads and railway lines, as the advantages of the transport links impressed themselves on developers and businessmen.Trafford Park became the largest industrialised area in Great Britain, drawing in a labour force from all over the country. Housing was built in the Park itself to meet the accommodation needs of the incoming workers and their families, and the expansion of nearby towns like Stretford owed much to the proximity of factories and jobs. After a decline in the late sixties and early seventies, Trafford Park is once again a vast centre of industry and business. Ask anyone in the Greater Manchester area about Trafford Park, and they will either have worked there themselves, or know someone who did. It features a wonderful selection of over 200 vintage photographs. It is written by two expert local historians.

Book Foundations

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sam Wetherell
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2023-01-31
  • ISBN : 0691241767
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Foundations written by Sam Wetherell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Berkeley, 2016, under the title: Pilot zones: the new urban environment of twentieth century Britain.

Book Victorian and Edwardian Country house Life from Old Photographs

Download or read book Victorian and Edwardian Country house Life from Old Photographs written by Anthony J. Lambert and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1981 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Trafford

    Book Details:
  • Author : Trafford Historical Society
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2017-06-19
  • ISBN : 1439661308
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Trafford written by Trafford Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trafford, located in the hills east of Pittsburgh, was officially incorporated as a borough in 1904. John Cavett I and his family were among the first settlers in the area, after purchasing land in 1769. Tracks for the Pennsylvania Railroad were laid through in 1852, and the territory became known as Stewart Station. In 1902, land at Stewart Station was purchased by renowned entrepreneur George Westinghouse, with the purpose of constructing a foundry and town to be named Trafford City, after Trafford Park in Manchester, England. Western Pennsylvania newspapers advertised the sale of lots in Trafford City, and thousands of property seekers came pouring in. The plant thrived for the majority of the 20th century and was the key to Trafford's growth as a borough. Today, with the plant long gone, Trafford survives as a quaint, community-oriented town with an industrial history that all Pittsburghers can appreciate.

Book Trafford Park  1896 1939

Download or read book Trafford Park 1896 1939 written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Flying Life  An Enthusiast s Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s

Download or read book A Flying Life An Enthusiast s Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s written by Richard Riding and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s consists of photographs that were taken by E. J. Riding, the author's father, who spent his working life in the aviation industry. He was apprenticed to A. V. Roe & Company and employed as an aircraft engineer up to the war. During the war, Riding became an AID inspector and was seconded to Fairey Aviation, London Aircraft Production and the de Havilland Aircraft Company, latterly signing out Halifax bombers and Mosquitoes as airworthy and ready for test flying. Sadly, Riding was killed in a flying accident in 1950. During his short life, he gained a lasting reputation as an engineer, professional photographer, draughtsman and aero modeller. Riding began taking photographs of aircraft in 1931, aged fifteen. Fortunately, he kept copious notes recording the locations and dates of when and where aircraft were photographed. More importantly, he noted aircraft colour schemes, details rarely recorded by the press at the time. The aircraft types photographed by Riding ranged from the Tiger Moth, RAF fighters, ultra-lights to airliners, the whole giving a good cross-section of flying in Britain up to the outbreak of the Second World War. The book's photographs are of excellent quality and do not all consist of sterile bog-standard side views. Many depict aircraft being stripped for maintenance and servicing, others show aircraft dumped or after having crashed. Although approached in a generally light-hearted manner, the book features in-depth and informative captions.

Book New Key Geography for GCSE

Download or read book New Key Geography for GCSE written by David Waugh and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2002 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available as a single textbook, Key Geography for GCSE has been completely revised and updated to meet all the requirements of the 2002 GCSE Geography specifications. The core content from the previous editions has been combined in one textbook. Suitable for all the GCSE specifications from each awarding body, this edition builds on the popular approach of the revised Key Stage 3 Key Geography series. The revised Teacher Resource Guide has been completely rewritten providing generic resources to support the core textbook. An Accompanying CD-ROM contains all the teacher resources in a downloadable format and editable schemes of work, linking the text to each of the GCSE specifications and Standard Grade.

Book Stretford   Old Trafford Through Time

Download or read book Stretford Old Trafford Through Time written by Steven Dickens and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Stretford & Old Trafford have changed and developed over the last century.

Book New Key Geography for GCSE

Download or read book New Key Geography for GCSE written by John Smith and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a geography course which has been specially written for the National Curriculum and is based on the statutory requirements, this teacher's resource guide accompanies a pupil's books which aims to provide full coverage of all topics, issues and skills for GCSE. The course caters for a wide ability-range, with extra help for average and lower-ability pupils. The material is presented through thematic topics which include specific case-studies and area-studies, and environmental issues are integrated throughout.

Book Main Line Operations Around Manchester and the MSW Electrification

Download or read book Main Line Operations Around Manchester and the MSW Electrification written by Robert P Pixton and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates one of the country’s best loved railway companies in the days of steam. Maps, charts, timetables and photographs are used to give the reader a sense of a journey from the compact terminus in Manchester to Godley, the limits of the system, at first opening. The reader is transported back to the original London Road station, using maps, and is walked through the small station to notice the variety of engines, signals and trains that operated there. Gorton, the company’s shed and locomotive works as well as its across the track rivals of Beyer, Peacock, are studied. The railway cross-road at Guide Bridge is given due importance and readers may well ponder on the contrast of ruralness of Ardwick, Fairfield and Fallowfield, then, and now. Connections at the joint stations of Stalybridge and Manchester Central station are explored. The latter is expanded to include Old Trafford shed as well as the links to Trafford Park Estate. Included is a review of the impact of electrification on the system, especially the exchanges taking place where the two systems interact. The numerous Joint Lines in this district (to Oldham, Altrincham, Hayfield and Macclesfield) are looked at in a subsequent volume. Pictures, and extensive captions, have been selected to show the variety of engines used and facets of stations or procedures.

Book Blitz Britain Manchester   Salford

Download or read book Blitz Britain Manchester Salford written by Graham Phythian and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1940, the Manchester and Salford Blitz saw the city and its surroundings targeted by the German Luftwaffe. The most destructive attack was launched in late December 1940; it is remembered today as ‘the Christmas Blitz’. Nearly 800 people lost their lives, and thousands more were injured, in two nights of raids ending with a devastating Christmas Eve that saw hundreds of tons of high explosive and thousands of incendiaries fall. Attacks continued into 1941 and beyond, and landmarks such as the cathedral, the Free Trade Hall, the Royal Infirmary and the Royal Exchange were all to suffer. At Old Trafford, too, a bomb wrecked the pitch and demolished the stands. This 75th anniversary narrative, based on first-hand accounts and extensive research, tells the story of how the people of Manchester, Salford, Trafford Park and Stretford endured this dark period in their history – a tale of courage, sacrifice, loss and the unconquerable power of the human spirit.Richly illustrated with contemporary photographs and documents, some of which have never been published before, this book is a valuable addition to the history of Manchester and Salford.

Book Urban Memory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Crinson
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2005-09-21
  • ISBN : 113431504X
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book Urban Memory written by Mark Crinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-09-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multi-authored work considers the increasingly vital concept of urban memory, approaching the issue from different perspectives across art, culture, architecture and human consciousness, with studies on contemporary urban spaces worldwide.