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Bolton reflections
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- Book Synopsis
- Bolton has long been an important town in Lancashire. It was a centre for wool and cotton weaving in the Middle Ages and during the Industrial Revolution became a leading textile producer worldwide. The town grew rapidly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its population experienced both prosperity and privation, but the era left a legacy of grand civic buildings and cotton mills. As the cotton industry has declined in the twentieth century, with the last mills closing in the 1980s, modern Bolton has changed. Today's town is greener, with much of its traditional industries replaced by service industries and redeveloped shopping centres and new retail parks. Bolton Reflections features an exciting collection of historic and modern pictures that are individually merged to reveal how the area has changed over the decades. Each of the 180 pictures in this book combines a recent colour view of Bolton with the matching sepia archive scene. Through the split-image effect, readers can see how streets, buildings and everyday life have transformed with the passing of time. Local author Ray Jefferson presents this fascinating visual chronicle that ingeniously reflects past and present glimpses of Bolton.
- About The Author
- Ray Jefferson is past president of the Bolton Camera Club and chairman of Bolton Documentary Photography. Ray used to work for Bolton Borough Council but, since his retirement, spends much of his time supporting his Rotary club, the Bolton Arts Society, Bolton's Octagon theatre and the French Society of Engineers and Scientists. He is well known in the area.
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- ISBN
- 9781398105287
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing, (15 November 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 96
- Weight
- 308 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 165 x 10 mm
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