Cliff Hayes Knihy

The book presents a captivating visual journey through Chester's transformation in the twentieth century, showcasing the daily lives and living conditions of its residents. Rich in historical context, it captures significant events and notable figures while illustrating the city's evolving landscape through numerous black-and-white photographs. The narrative highlights changes in architecture, traditions, and lifestyles, celebrating the resilience and vibrancy of the local community as they adapt to a new century.

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place on the North Wales coast over the last hundred years. The book offers an insight into the daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the reader glimpses and details of familiar places during a century of unprecedented change. Many aspects of the North Wales coast's recent history are covered, famous occasions and individuals are remembered and the impact of national and international events is witnessed. The book provides a striking account of the changes that have taken place in the area and records the process of transformation. Drawing on detailed local knowledge of the community, and illustrated with a wealth of black-and-white photographs, this book recalls what has changed in the area in terms of buildings, traditions and ways of life. It also acknowledges and celebrates the character and energy of local people as they move through the first years of this century.

MERSEYSIDE is a fascinating place and in this book local historian Cliff Hayes looks not only at the city centre of Liverpool but also at the Garston and its docks, Aintree and the Grand National, Speke and the airport, Waterloo and Walton. This part of Merseyside’s history plays an important role in his book, as do the docks. He even takes a trip on the Royal Daffodil and includes Birkenhead and Wallasey. Cliff also takes in Southport and crosses the Mersey at Widnes on the transporter bridge, and he ends the journey where many Scousers finished up – in Runcorn New Town. As a former merchant seaman, Cliff writes with real insight about life at sea, which was a shared experience for generations of Merseysiders. His book is a comprehensive, affectionate and finely-illustrated portrait of Mersey-side today and yesterday. Previously published in hardback in 2007, this paperback version is sure to remain a favourite for years to come.

This photographic memoir of Liverpool features 100 detailed historical photographs from The Francis Frith Collection, with extended captions and a full introduction. The photographs show how Liverpool has changed over the 20th century.

This text features 100 detailed historical photographs from The Francis Frith Collection with extended captions and a full introduction. It is suitable for tourists, local historians and general readers.

Approximately 100 photographs from the Francis Frith Collection of the town and surrounding villages spanning over 100 years. With extended captions and full introduction.

Around 100 finely-detailed photographs of Manchester in Victorian and Edwardian times feature in this photographic memoir from the world-famous Frith archive, with extended captions to pictures and a full introduction