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Holidays in Victorian England

Posted By: AlenMiler
Holidays in Victorian England

Holidays in Victorian England (Images of the Past) by Gordon Thorburn
English | 19 Apr. 2012 | ISBN: 1844681297 | 154 Pages | EPUB (True) | 49.84 MB

In the country, holidaymakers were a rarity. The railways could take you almost anywhere, but it was only the middle classes who went. So there were no crowds, and many of our pictures show tourist hotspots before they were hot, before there was any such thing as a car park. The text provides local knowledge and background to the photographs and is an enjoyable read in itself, but the real pleasure is in seeing Brighton, Margate, Scarborough, Broadstairs, Clovelly, Ilfracombe, Minehead, before it all happened. See Exmoor, the White Peak, Somerset, when the loudest noise was the click of the camera shutter.