Preston the Postcard Collection

by Peter Byrom

The Lancashire market town of Preston boomed during the Industrial Revolution to become a major textile manufacturing centre. The population soared as families came to work in the cotton mills and the town spread rapidly. New housing, churches and civic buildings were constructed, and industries such as engineering clustered in the town. The downturn in textile manufacturing in the twentieth century hit Preston hard and, in common with many towns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445697807
• ISBN13: 9781445697802
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.1"