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Around Sidmouth - Archive Photographs (Paperback)
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Around Sidmouth - Archive Photographs (Paperback)
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Loot Price R332
Discovery Miles 3 320
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When the future Queen Victoria arrived in Sidmouth in the early
years of the last century many of the fine buildings which grace
the modern town had just been built. Since then the resort has
acquired an air of general respectability which the twentieth
century with its modern tourist trade has done little to remove:
today Sidmouth is one of England's loveliest seaside town. The
photographs which comprise this delightful selection bring to life
the history of the town in a way mere words can never do. For,
unlike the historians, the photographers were actually there when
they clicked their shutters. What might have been a snapshot when
it was taken becomes in time the most authentic record we could
have of a period which has otherwise vanished into the past. If
photography was, sadly, unable to capture the visit of the infant
Victoria, it has handed down to us a vivid visual reminder of the
changes which have overtaken the town and its inhabitant in the
last hundred years. With it emphasis on those who lives have been
spent in this corner of East Devon, this fascinating volume
incorporates an area bounded by Newton Poppleford, Sidbury and
Branscombe. For those who know the area i will bring back a host of
memories; others will enjoy discovering Sidmouth's rich heritage.
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