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Wallasey The Postcard Collection
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Book Synopsis Wallasey The Postcard Collection by : Les Jones
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 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful postcards capture old Wallasey in all its glory.
Download or read book Wallasey Reflections written by Les Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-10-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of merged historic and modern images that reflect the changes in Wallasey through the decades.
Book Synopsis Wirral in the Great War by : Stephen McGreal
Download or read book Wirral in the Great War written by Stephen McGreal and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany. Originally perceived as a short campaign to curtail Germanic imperialism, it developed into a four-year long war of attrition. The Great War is justifiably associated with the horrors of trench warfare and the death of a generation but history has overlooked the home fronts' colossal contribution to victory.On the outbreak of war thousands of troops arrived in Wirral to defend the coast from invasion and guard the docks and shipyards under the watchful eyes of the gunners of the Bidston Hill artillery batteries. The transition to a military garrison also led to the conversion of schools to military hospitals, predominately financed by the community. Thousands of wounded service men arriving at Woodside station were dispersed and administered to by a plethora of military or auxiliary hospitals. Voluntary organizations also procured funds for ambulances and comforts for those at the front. At the beginning of hostilities, the Government swiftly introduced draconian regulations to restrict liberty, particularly for those of foreign extraction. Following the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania, the xenophobia vented itself in Wallasey and Birkenhead where riots resulted in the destruction of German owned business premises. The resentment was further fueled by the German submarines attempt to destroy the British merchant fleet and starve Britain into submission they almost succeeded. As vital cargoes plunged to the sea bed, food became the latest rationed commodity; consequently unused tracts of Wirral land were turned over to food production and German prisoners of war helped clear the river Birkett. The local shipyards and factories came under the control of the Ministry of Munitions and unlikely companies were involved in the national preoccupation of producing artillery shells. Following the 1916 introduction of compulsory military service, female workers increasingly replaced the men thereby making undreamed of advances in female emancipation. Also involved in the war effort were school children who collected food for wounded soldiers, boy scouts patrolled the coastline, 'sister Susie famously sewed shirts for soldiers' and a Dad's Army was established to repel invaders. Their activities and others are generally overlooked by twentieth century chroniclers.This is the fascinating, but forgotten story of how Wirral provided the sinews for war, and made a significant contribution to the comprehensive defeat of Germany.
Book Synopsis British Piers The Postcard Collection by : Nigel Sadler
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.
Book Synopsis Liverpool The Postcard Collection by : Alan Spree
Download or read book Liverpool The Postcard Collection written by Alan Spree and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of beautiful postcards capture old Liverpool in all its glory, taking the reader on an evocative journey into it’s past.
Book Synopsis Networks of Influence and Power by : Robert Lee
Download or read book Networks of Influence and Power written by Robert Lee and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century Liverpool became the heart of an international maritime network. As the 'second city' of Empire, its merchants and shipowners operated within a transnational commercial and financial system, while its trading connections stimulated the development of new markets and their integration within an increasingly global economy. This ground-breaking volume brings together ten original contributions that reflect upon the development of the city's business community from the early-nineteenth century to the outbreak of the First World War with an emphasis on the period from 1851 to 1912. It offers the first detailed analysis of Liverpool's merchant community within a conceptual and historiographical framework which focuses on the economic, social and cultural role of business elites in the nineteenth century. It explores the extent to which business success was predicated on the maintenance of networks of trust; analyses the importance of business culture in structuring commercial operations; and discusses the role of ethics, trust and reputation within the changing framework of the business environment. Particular attention is paid to the role of women and the important contribution of the family to commercial success and the maintenance of social networks. Changes in business practice and social networks are also examined within a spatial context in order to assess the impact of the development of a distinct commercial centre and the clustering of commercial activity on interaction, reputation and trust, while particular attention is paid to the effect of suburbanization on existing associational networks, the social cohesiveness of business culture, and the cultural identity of the merchant community as a whole.
Download or read book Lost Wirral written by Les Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated description of the Wirral’s well known, and lesser known, places that have been lost over the years.
Author :Terry Wyke Publisher :Manchester [England] : Bibliography of North West England ISBN 13 : Total Pages :292 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Directory of Local Studies in North West England by : Terry Wyke
Download or read book Directory of Local Studies in North West England written by Terry Wyke and published by Manchester [England] : Bibliography of North West England. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The directory's primary aim is to provide information about the main collections of history material relating to the north west held in the major public local studies collections, archives, academic libraries, museums and art galleries within North West England. The North West is defined as the two old counties of Lancashire and Cheshire, that is before the local government changes of 1974, and the Isle of Man. For each of the major repositories in this area we have provided basic information on address, telephone number, hours of opening, admission regulations and a contact name followed by a concise statement of the main holdings including special collections ..."--Introduction.
Book Synopsis Wirral From Old Photographs by : Ian Collard
Download or read book Wirral From Old Photographs written by Ian Collard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating portrait of the Wirral presented through a remarkable collection of historical photographs.
Book Synopsis Designing the Seaside by : Fred Gray
Download or read book Designing the Seaside written by Fred Gray and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Designing the Seaside Fred Gray provides a history of seaside architecture from the 18th century to the present day, investigating leisure, entertainment, taste, fashion and gender, and shows how the seaside even became a hotbed for moral and sexual issues - from the early use of bathing machines to twentieth-century beauty pageants and naturist groups. He relates the evolution of resort architecture to sweeping changes in how seaside nature was experienced and used by holidaymakers. The book also traces the history of the coastal resort, with examples ranging from Regency Sidmouth to Victorian Scarborough and early 20th-century Morecambe, as well as assessing seaside developments in the USA and Continental Europe, from Coney Island and Santa Barbara to Nice and Trouville." "Featuring many colourful, informative and often entertaining photographs, drawings, guidebook illustrations, postcards and publicity posters from resorts around the world, Designing the Seaside is a thoroughly readables as well as a visually fascinating account of changing attitudes to holidaymaking and its setting."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Sea Breezes written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A-Z of The Wirral written by Les Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Wirral peninsula in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its local history, people and places.
Download or read book The Bioscope written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mothlight written by Adam Scovell and published by Influx Press. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phyllis Ewans, a prominent researcher in Lepidoptera and a keen walker, has died of old age. Thomas, a much younger fellow researcher of moths first met Phyllis when he was a child. He became her carer and companion, having rekindled her acquaintance in later life. Increasingly possessed by thoughts that he somehow actually is Phyllis Ewans, and unable to rid himself of the feeling that she is haunting him, Thomas must discover her secrets through her many possessions and photographs, before he is lost permanently in a labyrinth of memories long past. Steeped in dusty melancholy and analogue shadows, Mothlight is an uncanny story of grief, memory and the price of obsession.
Book Synopsis Picture Sources UK by : Rosemary Eakins
Download or read book Picture Sources UK written by Rosemary Eakins and published by Little Brown and Company (UK). This book was released on 1985 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set by : Lynne Warren
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set written by Lynne Warren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 1849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography explores the vast international scope of twentieth-century photography and explains that history with a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary manner. This unique approach covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force. This Encyclopedia presents the important developments, movements, photographers, photographic institutions, and theoretical aspects of the field along with information about equipment, techniques, and practical applications of photography. To bring this history alive for the reader, the set is illustrated in black and white throughout, and each volume contains a color plate section. A useful glossary of terms is also included.
Book Synopsis Lancashire's Seaside Piers by : Martin Easdown
Download or read book Lancashire's Seaside Piers written by Martin Easdown and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, a companion volume to his definitive history of Yorkshires pleasure piers, Martin Easdown turns his expert attention westward to the Lancashire coast. His highly illustrated survey of the piers constructed at famous resorts like Blackpool, Morecambe, Southport and St Annes-on-Sea celebrates structures that are among the most exuberant and evocative of the Victorian age. Each of these historic piers has its own character and story, yet all of them represent the optimistic style of the British seaside resort at the peak of its popularity. In those days the Lancashire coast, and Blackpool in particular, became the principal holiday destination for the workers of the nearby industrial towns during their Wakes Weeks. The piers that survive are fascinating relics of that lost age.In this meticulously researched account, Martin Easdown describes how these extraordinary buildings came to be constructed, how they were designed and financed, how they were used, and how hazards beset them fire, storm, ship collision, war damage and ever-present threat of insolvency. His entertaining book reveals and records a neglected aspect of the history of Lancashire and the northwest.
