Handsworth & Perry Barr Through Time
Handsworth & Perry Barr Through Time
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Résumé
This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Handsworth & Perry Barr have changed and developed over the last century.
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Handsworth & Perry Barr Through Time by Eric Armstrong
A colourful, complex mix of contrast and continuity typifies much of what has happened to Handsworth during the past century. Soho Road, and nearby, provide a prime example of radical change: bright, lively shops run by people of West Indian, Pakistani and Indian background share space with an elegant Muslim mosque and imposing Sikh Gurdwara (temple) silently calling into question a famous poet's dictum, 'Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet'. Handsworth (and part of Perry Barr) remains a residential suburb, its most famous residents surely being Boulton, Watt and Murdoch, the trailblazing eighteenth-century entrepreneur engineers whose work attracted world-wide acclaim. Even just a skim through these pages will reveal intrinsically interesting as well as highly nostalgic comparisons and contrasts, of then and now.
Eric Armstrong was born, raised and educated in Handsworth, Birmingham. Following army service during 1942 to 1947, he became a student at Birmingham University. During retirement he has developed a keen interest in postcards of old Birmingham and has written a number of historical books about the city. Vernon is a local history author who lives in London.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781848689084 |
| ISBN 10 | 184868908X |
| Titre | Handsworth & Perry Barr Through Time |
| Auteur | Eric Armstrong |
| Série | Through Time |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Amberley Publishing |
| Année de publication | 2010-10-15 |
| Nombre de pages | 96 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |