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Dorchester - Images of England (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
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Dorchester - Images of England (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
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List price R405
Loot Price R332
Discovery Miles 3 320
You Save R73 (18%)
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This book of over 200 old photographs shows the town of Dorchester
over the last 150 years, as it changed from Thomas Hardy's
Casterbridge into the modern town. Early photographs show the town
Hardy knew as a young man, and the latest ones take the story up to
the Coronation in 1953. Fordington, Frome Whitfield and Coker's
Frome are included, along with every part of the town. The
chronological approach used shows the changes in the townscape over
the last 150 years, and the many people illustrated give a good
idea of life in the town over the same period. Dorchester's
industries, shops, celebrations and buildings are all represented,
along with individual townspeople like Job Green, a retired
shepherd; William Tilley, Mayor of Dorchester and Harry Crocker
with his band. Only a very few photographs in this book were used
in the same author's Dorchester Camera (1984). This new selection
of photographs comes from the unrivalled collections at the Dorset
County Museum. Jo Draper has written several books on the county,
including Dorset: The Complete Guide and (with John Fowles) Thomas
Hardy's England. She lives in Dorchester, in one of the houses
illustrated in the book.
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