The coastline of Victorian and Edwardian Britain
provided beauty, entertainment and the venue for most people’s holidays. But
it was also a thriving centre of industry - shipbuilding and fishing, plus
the numerous trades associated with dockyards, coastal transport and the
leisure industry.
This book travels around
Britain’s coast - clockwise from London - looking at the industries that
could be found at many of the cities and towns en route.
Illustrated with an amazing collection of coloured
postcards and other early photographs, the working coast of Britain is
brought to life in all its bustling detail. From the naval dockyards of
Chatham to the fishermen of Wick, the book opens a window onto a British
coast which is now largely lost.
Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Featured Locations
- London
- Tilbury
- Chatham
- Sheerness
- Whitstable
- Margate
- Broadstairs
- Ramsgate
- Deal
- Dover
- Folkestone
- Hastings
- Newhaven (Sussex)
- Brighton
- Worthing
- Portsmouth
- Southampton
- Poole
- Portland
- Bridport and West Bay
- Brixham
- Plymouth and Devonport
- Charlestown
- Falmouth
- Newlyn
- Padstow
- Bideford
- Watchet
- Bristol and Avonmouth
- Newport (Gwent)
- Cardiff
- Barry
- Swansea and Mumbles
- Tenby
- Llandudno
- Wirral Peninsula
- Liverpool
- Southport
- Blackpool
- Fleetwood
- Heysham
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Whitehaven
- Maryport
- Kirkcudbright
- Stranraer
- Ayr
- Ardrossan
- Glasgow and the River Clyde
- Wick
- Aberdeen
- Dundee and River Tyne
- Methil
- Kirkcaldy
- Newhaven (Lothian)
- Leith
- Newcastle and the River Tyne
- Sunderland
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Hull
- Grimsby
- Great Yarmouth
- Lowestoft
- Harwich
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