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Watford Through Time
John Cooper
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Description for Watford Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Watford has changed and developed over the last century. Num Pages: 96 pages, 83 black & white illustrations, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280. 96 pages, Approx 183 Illustrations, 100 colour. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Watford has changed and developed over the last century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; WQP. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 10. Weight: 312.
Watford is situated between the Rivers Gade and Colne, fifteen miles north-west of London in what Charles Lamb, the eighteenth-century English essayist, once called 'hearty, homely, loving Hertfordshire'. A Saxon chief named Wata is believed to have settled where the existing Lower High Street crosses the Colne, and this came to be known as Wata's Ford, later shortened to Watford. Watford Through Time takes the reader on a nostalgic journey through the old market town and the beautiful Cassiobury Park at a time when the pace of life was much slower and more tranquil than it is today. The images ... Read more
Watford is situated between the Rivers Gade and Colne, fifteen miles north-west of London in what Charles Lamb, the eighteenth-century English essayist, once called 'hearty, homely, loving Hertfordshire'. A Saxon chief named Wata is believed to have settled where the existing Lower High Street crosses the Colne, and this came to be known as Wata's Ford, later shortened to Watford. Watford Through Time takes the reader on a nostalgic journey through the old market town and the beautiful Cassiobury Park at a time when the pace of life was much slower and more tranquil than it is today. The images ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445606071
SKU
V9781445606071
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About John Cooper
John is a retired quantity surveyor and office manager. Following early retirement in 2002, his hobbies have included genealogical research, working at his computer, reading and collecting old photographs and postcards, particularly of Watford and Harpenden. Since taking up writing in 2006, he has had many books published on Herfordshire area. He is a Friend of Watford Museum, and also ... Read more
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