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Katie Carmichael - The Hat Industry of Luton - 9781848021198 - V9781848021198
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The Hat Industry of Luton

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Description for The Hat Industry of Luton Paperback. This book is an introduction and guide to Luton's hatting industry and to the distinctive and varied character of its buildings. Series: Informed Conservation. Num Pages: 104 pages, 113. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; HBJD1; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 380.

Although perhaps best known today as the home of Vauxhall Motors, Luton’s industrial roots run much deeper. Long before it became associated with motor cars, Luton was the centre of ladies’ hat production in this country – a success founded upon the earlier regional industry of straw-plaiting. Many surrounding towns and villages fed into the industry and helped to make the region globally renowned. At its peak in the 1930s, the region was producing as many as 70 million hats in a single year; however, it entered a rapid decline following the Second World War from which it never recovered. ... Read more

This book is intended to be an introduction and guide to the area’s historical depth and to its distinctive and varied character, seeking to explain the development of the region as the centre of the hatting industry in the south and exploring the lives of the people working there during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The historic links between the surviving building stock and the hatting industry are assessed and the book highlights the significance of the surviving fabric and the potential of the historic environment within future conservation and regeneration plans.

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Product Details

Publisher
English Heritage United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Informed Conservation
Condition
New
Weight
379g
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Swindon, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848021198
SKU
V9781848021198
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Katie Carmichael
Katie Carmichael is an investigator in the Cambridge office of English Heritage. Author and senior social analyst at Historic England, Lincoln. David Grech is a Historic Places Advisor with English Heritage

Reviews for The Hat Industry of Luton
... this worthwhile and highly informative book: Luton does have a valuable heritage which although not "pretty" or in some instances eventhat obvious, is nonetheless of considerable interest and one to be cherished. Chris Garrand, SPAB

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