Around Ramsbottom: Britain In Old Photographs - Ramsbottom Heritage Society

Around RamsbottomBritain In Old Photographs\nAuthor(s): Ramsbottom Heritage Society\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The History Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780752403564, 978-0752403564\nSynopsis\nThis fascinating collection of around 200 old photographs of Ramsbottom and the surrounding villages has been drawn from the extensive archives of the Ramsbottom Heritage Society. The book shows the town through a century of change. Although many of the streets and buildings of the town survive intact from one hundred years ago, much else has altered. The changing patterns of employment and local industry have brought about far reaching changes in the way that the inhabitants live and work. The book is arranged as a tour through the district and looks at schools, churches, mills and factories, the railway and road transport, as well as street scenes and people at work and play. The sequence of illustrations tells the history of the town over this peri.