This photographic memoir of Liverpool features 100 detailed historical photographs from The Francis Frith Collection, with extended captions and a full introduction. The photographs show how Liverpool has changed over the 20th century.

Around 100 finely-detailed photographs of Manchester in Victorian and Edwardian times feature in this photographic memoir from the world-famous Frith archive, with extended captions to pictures and a full introduction

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Chester during the twentieth century. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during a century of unprecedented change. Many aspects of Chester's recent history are covered, famous occasions and individuals are remembered, and the impact of national and international events is witnessed. The book also provides a striking account of the changes that have taken place on the streets of the city and records the process of transformation. Drawing on detailed local knowledge of the community, and illustrated with a wealth of black and white photographs, this book recalls what has changed in Chester in terms of buildings, traditions and ways of life. It also acknowledges and celebrates the character and energy of local people as they moved through the first years of this new century.