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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Since the 1890s most seaside resorts have been well served by picture postcard publishers. In those early days people would always send one another a brief message on the back of a postcard. However the photograph used has become even more interesting since it shows scenes of topogr topographical and architectural importance. With the help of former local photographers you can trace the history of a town as well as its people over many years. Photographs take you back to something you remember or even through to something you never knew. For the last hundred years or so the work of local photographers like P. Barns S.J. Castle C.H. Willatt Filmer S.M. Goldsmid S. West D. West B. Reeves Fisk-Moore H. Silk and T.H. Staniland has captured scenes for us and left us with an insight of past events. The town name Whitstable is derived from the ancient British words whit meaning salt and stable meaning market place. The original township was centred around Church Street and All Saints’ church where old cottages can still be seen. It was not long however before the growth of the oyster (LL)