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Barbara Ludlow Greenwich (Paperback) Images of (UK IMPORT). Author: Barbara Ludlow. Title: Greenwich. This fascinating collection of over 250 photographs shows that many changes which the area underwent between 1858 and the 1970s. Topic: History. Format: Paperback. Further DetailsTitle: Greenwich Condition: New Description: Greenwich and Woolwich have long been associated with the great national monuments. Since the seventeenth century Greenwich has been associated with 'time'. The time-ball at the Old Royal Observatory still falls daily at one o'clock, just as it has done since 1833. But 'time' also means change. This fascinating collection of over 250 photographs shows that many changes which the area underwent between 1858 and the 1970s. It is not a definitive history of the London Borough of Greenwich, its monuments and its institutions, but a vividy authentic 'taste' of the life and times of the people of a region which was, until 1889, still part of Kent. Farms, rural villages, market gardens, open countryside, brickfields, heavy industry, bustling High Streets, the sounds of ships' sirens, from the River Thames and of guns being tested at Woolwich Arsenal were all part of everyday social and industrial life for the ordinary people that the images in this selection represent. Throughout periods of immense change - the amalgamation of separate communities into the metropolis, the 1920s and '30s, the heavy bombing of the Second World War, re-development - and the rigours of modern city life, the people of the Borough are shown at work and at play. This extraordinary portrayal of a time gone by recreates, reveals and perhaps reminds a few of a time that has now disappeared forever. Author: Barbara Ludlow EAN: 9780752400457 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780752400457 Item Height: 240mm Item Length: 172mm Item Width: 10mm Item Weight: 380g Language: English ISBN-10: 0752400452 Genre: Home Garden & Pets Publisher: The History Press Ltd Release Date: 10/01/1994 Subtitle: Images of England Series: Images of Topic: History Release Year: 1994 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
