Architecture

  1. The Making of the Grand Hotel, Scarborough by George Sheeran

    Mid-nineteenth century Scarborough was a select and fashionable resort, yet contained insufficient hotel accommodation for visitors. Furthermore, standards of hospitality needed to rise if elite visitors were to continue to be attracted. Capturing this luxury market was the goal, and foremost among the new hotels to be built in the mid-century was the Grand Hotel at Scarborough. Its story also...
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  2. Lost King's Lynn by Paul Richards

    I have always been fascinated by urban history, particularly those towns where continuity and change co-exist, or where new communities spring up alongside historic ones. The first chapter in my book ‘Lost King’s Lynn’ is titled ‘The Lost North End’ which was its fisherfolk quarter. Around 1870 these Northenders were fishing in the Wash in traditional wooden sailing smacks as...
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  3. England Through the Eyes of John Betjeman by David Meara

    My love-affair with the writer, poet and broadcaster John Betjeman began when I was about twelve years old. With my brother we used to enjoy going into the Chiltern Hills, not far by car from where we lived in Pinner, and have days out in the school holidays visiting churches and having picnics in the Chiltern beechwoods. Two things happened...
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  4. Lost Bournemouth by John Needham

    Bournemouth was the vision of one-man Mr Lewis Tregonwell, who built a villa on the west side of the town called ‘The Mansion’ later to be re-named the ‘Royal Exeter Hotel’. Would Mr Tregonwell recognise the town today, maybe not, as the town has changed beyond recognition losing a lot of its character as the developers move in and demolish...
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  5. Tithe Barns by Joseph Rogers

    In the years prior to my time in the railway-tourism industry and before I had learned to drive, my spare time was often filled through extensive use of regional Westcountry bus services, trains from Taunton Station and, somewhat extensively, my own two feet. During July of 2014, I found myself on a hot, dry summer's walk between Wells and Glastonbury...
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  6. Northwich & Around in 50 Buildings by Adrian and Dawn L. Bridge

    The Profits of Slavery found in Northwich and Around The issue of slavery, and its legacy, has hit the headlines in Britain, America and across the world, during the past six months. The Black Lives Matter campaign has won adherents in many countries, and activists have toppled statues of historical figures linked to slavery in many different locations. Within the...
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  7. Salford in 50 Buildings by Carole O'Reilly

    Salford – A City of Many Religions While researching for the book Salford in 50 Buildings, I was very struck by the enormous range of different religious buildings within the city. I had not anticipated that a single urban space could manage to cater for so many differing forms of belief. When most people think of Salford, they most likely...
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  8. Manchester in 50 Buildings by Deborah Woodman

    A Tour of Manchester – Past & Present Manchester, my home city, and a place where I have studied and worked over the last 30 years or so, never fails to fascinate me. It is a remarkable and cosmopolitan city which boasts an eclectic mix of culture, business, education, and architecture, that is reflective of its considerable heritage. Indeed, when...
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  9. Beverley in 50 Buildings by Lorna Jane Harvey

    In 2019, I co-authored a book for Amberley Publishing about the small town of Beverley in Yorkshire. I have since moved half-way across the world and now live in New Zealand. There is no place on earth farther from Beverley than New Zealand. Beverley Market Cross (Saturday Market Place). (Beverley in 50 Buildings, Amberley Publishing) The significance of this book may...
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  10. Scotland Remembered by Michael Meighan

    Scotland's Viking Past It is well known that from the 8th to the 15th centuries, Vikings – the name given to Scandinavians – raided, colonised and enslaved much of the islands surrounding the north and west of Scotland as well as Caithness and Sutherland. This included Orkney and Shetland, the Hebrides and the islands of the Clyde Estuary. Viking Longship...
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