Download or read book Blackpool The Postcard Collection written by Allan W. Wood and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards capturing old Blackpool in all its glory.

Download or read book British Piers The Postcard Collection written by Nigel Sadler and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of postcards from the early twentieth century.

Download or read book Lytham St Annes the Postcard Collection written by Peter Byrom and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards capture old Lytham St Annes in all its glory.

Download or read book Lytham St Annes The Postcard Collection written by Peter Byrom and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards capture old Lytham St Annes in all its glory.

Download or read book The Architecture of Pleasure written by Josephine Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The amusement parks which first appeared in England at the turn of the twentieth century represent a startlingly novel and complex phenomenon, combining fantasy architecture, new technology, ersatz danger, spectacle and consumption in a new mass experience. Though drawing on a diverse range of existing leisure practices, the particular entertainment formula they offered marked a radical departure in terms of visual, experiential and cultural meanings. The huge, socially mixed crowds that flocked to the new parks did so purely in the pursuit of pleasure, which the amusement parks commodified in exhilarating new guises. Between 1906 and 1939, nearly 40 major amusement parks operated across Britain. By the outbreak of the Second World War, millions of people visited these sites each year. The amusement park had become a defining element in the architectural psychological pleasurescape of Britain. This book considers the relationship between popular modernity, pleasure and the amusement park landscape in Britain from 1900-1939. It argues that the amusement parks were understood as a new and distinct expression of modern times which redefined the concept of public pleasure for mass audiences. Focusing on three sites - Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Dreamland in Margate and Southend's Kursaal - the book contextualises their development with references to the wider amusement park world. The meanings of these sites are explored through a detailed examination of the spatial and architectural form taken by rides and other buildings. The rollercoaster - a defining symbol of the amusement park - is given particular focus, as is the extent to which discourses of class, gender and national identity were expressed through the design of these parks.

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Download or read book Preston The Postcard Collection written by Peter Byrom and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating portrait of Preston presented through a remarkable collection of historical postcards.

Download or read book Chester The Postcard Collection written by Peter Byrom and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes the reader on an evocative journey into Chester’s past through a selection of beautiful old postcards.

Download or read book Sefton The Postcard Collection written by Hugh Hollinghurst and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards capture old Sefton in all its glory. Offers a fascinating window into the history of the Merseyside metropolitan borough.

Download or read book Wallasey The Postcard Collection written by Les Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards capture old Wallasey in all its glory.

Download or read book Llandudno The Postcard Collection written by John Lawson-Reay and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and evocative collection of postcards depicting the North Wales seaside resort of Llandudno across the decades.

Download or read book South Shields The Postcard Collection written by Caroline Barnsley and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards capture old South Shields in all its glory

Download or read book Saucy Postcards The Bamforth Collection written by Marcus Hearn and published by Constable. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yorkshire-based publisher Bamforth & Co started producing 'saucy' postcards in 1910. These cheeky designs became synonymous with the English seaside resorts where they were sold, but were exported all over the world. After WW2, Bamforth artists began to satirise the classic comic archetypes that still resonate today - henpecked husbands, naughty nurses and randy milkmen. Contemporary concerns ranging from the contraceptive pill to the Space Race also received the irreverent Bamforth treatment. Saucy Postcards: The Bamforth Collection celebrates the golden age of these comic gems, with a selection of more than 250 cards originally published from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. The book's introduction reveals the story behind the company, and the battles with the postcard censorship committees that resulted in almost 150 prosecutions.

Download or read book Blackpool at War written by John Ellis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it escaped bombing raids, Blackpool played an important role in the Second World War as a centre for training — with numerous airfields and factories surrounding the area. This book is the first to offer a dedicated history of the town in the period. It includes many interesting stories such as the people’s playground, the Freckleton Air Disaster and an event-by-event account of activities. Despite being less affected than some other areas, the difficult war years still impacted on local people. Filled with true tales of local courage and of the spirit of the people of Blackpool during these tumultuous years, this nostalgic volume will be of interest to all who know and love Blackpool.

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