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Synopsis
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Durham during the 20th 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.
Drawing on detailed local knowledge of the community, and illustrated with a wealth of black-and-white photographs, this book recalls what Durham has lost in terms of buildings, traditions and ways of life. It also acknowledges the regeneration that has taken place and celebrates the character and energy of local people as they move through the first years of this new century.
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Synopsis
Since the development of photography in the middle of the last century, the picture of our pasts provided by the written chronicle, the museum artefact or by failing memory has been augmented by the most vivid and immediate relic of former times, the photograph. Authenticating even as it describes, the photograph is of its time in a way that other representations of the past are not. Comprising the work of both professionals and gifted amateurs, this fascinating volume makes available for the first time in collected form many photographs that have all but disappeared. For those old and lucky enough to remember, it offers a delightful trip down memory lane: for others, it will be a voyage of discovery and surprises.
About the Author
Charlie Emett is a respected local historian and rail history specialist. He has written numerous books, including "Discovering County Durham and Teesside" (The History Press, 2007) and "A Century of Stockton-on-Tees" (The History Press, 2007). He lives in Darlington, County Durham.
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- PublisherSutton Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0750931116
- ISBN 13 9780750931113
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages128
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