Places in old photographs

The evocative pictures in the collection are almost entirely the work of one photographer, Alfred Vowles.

This fascinating collection of old and new photographs of Lytham, Fairhaven and Ansdell provides a wonderfully nostalgic look at these towns on Lancashire's Fylde coast.

The Domesday Book confirms that Selly Oak existed in Saxon times.

It is hard to imagine the Middlesbrough area before its industrial might was established.

Isleham is a busy and active village extending from the limestone subsoil of the 'highlands' down into the (now shrinking) black fertile soil of the fens of south-east Cambridgeshire; the River Lark divides it from Suffolk as it flows into the Great Ouse near Ely.

Kirkcaldy, long known as the Lang Toun, is the biggest town in Fife.

This book tells the intriguing story of the town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire.

Brighton's first suburb, London Road, was for its first century almost entirely domestic in character and the haunt of the genteel middle classes, whose gardens were praised by the Loudons.

The Waverley Route ran from Edinburgh, through the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle.

Abergavenny grew up around the Norman castle, on the site of a Roman fort.

Full of archaic charm, St Andrews has plenty to offer with its breathtaking coastal scenery and beautiful ruins.

Before the development of canals, railways or metalled roads, the quickest and most effective means of transporting goods from one point to another in Britain was by the use of coastal shipping, shallow-draught boats travelling between the ports of the British Isles.

Villages of Mid Cheshire Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

The evocative photographs that have been selected for this fascinating book reflect the dramatic and lasting changes that took place in Uxbridge immediately after the Second World War and into the 1960s and 1970s.

The Weald of Kent is a famously beautiful part of England and there are some extremely attractive villages between it and the North Downs.

Bolton's name suggests a Saxon origin, and by the twelfth century the local economy was centred on textiles and agriculture.

This fascinating book brings together over 300 photographs of Gosport and Lee-on-the-Solent that date from the late Victorian period to more recent times.

Situated in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park on the western shore of Carmarthen Bay, Tenby and Saundersfoot share a singular beauty.

The ancient market town of Romford has developed out of all recognition.

Farnborough Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

Hitchin Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Hertfordshire.

Stretching from the Ribble Estuary to the River Kent, the Lancashire coast provides both spectacular views and glimpses of the county's industrial heritage.

Faversham's many natural advantages attracted settlers from earliest times.

North East Canals Through Time follows on from previous titles by specialist author and canal historian Ray Shill, notably North West Canals Through Time: Manchester, Irwell & the Peaks.

Wiltshire is one of the largest counties in southern England and has a wide variety of landscapes, from river valleys lined with picturesque villages to the expanses and open skies of Salisbury Plain.

The part of the Suffolk coast that embraces Southwold and Aldeburgh has a rich history in its relationship between its inhabitants and the North Sea.

This incredible visual record of life and death along the Eastern Front features more than 250 images from the the PIXPAST Archive, a collection of more than 32,000 original color photographs taken between 1936 and 1946.

This incredible visual record of life and death along the Eastern Front features more than 250 images from the the PIXPAST Archive, a collection of more than 32,000 original color photographs taken between 1936 and 1946.

The war of 1914-1918 — the ‘Great War’ as it was called at the time — left great swathes of northern France and western Belgium almost totally destroyed.

The war of 1914-1918 — the ‘Great War’ as it was called at the time — left great swathes of northern France and western Belgium almost totally destroyed.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Paranormalen und entdecken Sie die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Methoden und Technologien zur Dokumentation des Übernatürlichen.

Take a spooky journey round the British Isles with the UK's best known psychic Derek Acorah.

A DEVON HOUSE relates the story of one of Devon's great houses through the people and events which have coloured its existence over the past 400 years.

A DEVON HOUSE relates the story of one of Devon's great houses through the people and events which have coloured its existence over the past 400 years.

Whitley Bay and Seaton Sluice are two towns on the North East coast with fascinating histories.

Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys are well known for their proximity to the coast.

In the space of just 200 years Hebburn has been transformed from a small fishing hamlet into a modern town of 20,000 inhabitants.

With the liberal use of many previously unpublished photographs contrasting past and present, Silverstone Circuit Through Time shows how a wartime airfield developed, stage by stage, into the country's premier motor racing circuit, the annual home of Formula One's spectacular British Grand Prix.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDONIn Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcards.

Winner of the 2013 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit A Toronto Album 2, companion edition to Mike Filey's immensely popular original album, is a photographic journey through bustling Toronto from the late 1930s to the early 1970s.

Lernen Sie, Ihre Kamera zu beherrschen, profitieren Sie von dem Erfahrungsschatz eines professionellen Locationscouts und Fotoproducers.

The Old West may have faded from living memory but the actual locations where the robberies and shoot-outs took place can still be found over one hundred years later.

Photographer Dominic Greyer has spent the last twenty years roaming the British landscape in search of the country's most unusual placenames.

In June 1944, Operation OVERLORD, the greatest ever amphibious invasion, initially overwhelmed German Normandy defenses.

The Great North Road — since 1922 officially classified as the A1 — has been the main route between London and Edinburgh since earliest times.

The Great North Road — since 1922 officially classified as the A1 — has been the main route between London and Edinburgh since earliest times.

The 1944 Arnhem airborne operation, immortalized by the film A Bridge Too Far, will forever be remembered as a great British feat of arms.

In June 1944, Operation OVERLORD, the greatest ever amphibious invasion, initially overwhelmed German Normandy defenses.

The Old West may have faded from living memory but the actual locations where the robberies and shoot-outs took place can still be found over one hundred years later.

Lost San Francisco takes readers on a journey back to the buildings, parks, stadia, ferries - even cemetaries and prisoners - that time and progress have swept aside.