England's Motoring Heritage from the Air by John Minnis

England's Motoring Heritage from the Air by John Minnis

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England's Motoring Heritage from the Air by John Minnis

We witness the growth of sprawl around road junctions on the edge of built up areas and the arrival of new types of building there to service both cars and people: the filling station, the roadhouse.
It's a lovely b/w trip back in time and beautifully set out, letting the images tell the story
Classic Motoring
This is a novel as well as instructive look at a previously neglected area of English motoring history, and is highly recommended.
The Automobile
This is an excellent glimpse into the unique archive that is the Aerofilms Collection and I commend it to anyone interested in our motoring heritage. If it doesn't send you scurrying to the Britain from the Air website I'll eat my flying helmet!
Geoff Lancaster, Society of Automotive Historians in Britain
The quality of reproduction is excellent ... for the quality of production offered this book represents good value.
Paul Lacey, Roads: Road Transport History Association
It really is an outstanding social history with each full-page picture telling more than the 1,000 proverbial words ...
This England
Author, Downham Market.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781848020870
ISBN 10 1848020872
Title England's Motoring Heritage from the Air
Author John Minnis
Series English Heritage
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Historic England
Year published 2014-02-15
Number of pages 306
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.