Beach Huts

Author: Karen Averby
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445665751
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
The beach hut is an integral part of the British seaside, and is no less popular now than it has ever been. This is the story of these quirky buildings.

Sheds on the Seashore

Author: Kathryn Ferry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906710972
Category : Bathing customs
Languages : en
Pages : 355

Book Description
Beach huts have become seaside icons. They may be small structures with basic facilities but we still love them. They feel quintessentially British, combining a shelter from our changeable weather with a place to brew a mug of tea. This title tells the story of how beach huts came into being and why they remain so beloved by their owners.

The Seaside Quilt

Author: Kathryn Whittingham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944818043
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

The 1950s Kitchen

Author: Kathryn Ferry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0747811601
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 109

Book Description
The 1950s was the first great age of the modern kitchen. Labour-saving appliances, bright colours and the novelty of fitted units moved the kitchen from dankness into light, where it became the domain of the happy housewife and the heart of the home. New space-age material Formica, decorated with fashionable patterns, topped sleek cupboards that contained new classic wares such as Pyrex and 'Homemaker' crockery, and the ingredients for 1950s staples: semolina, coronation chicken and spotted dick. Electricity entered the kitchens of millions, and nowhere in the home was modern technology and modern design more evident. Bold colour, clean lines and stainless steel were keynotes of the decade. This book – a celebration of cooking, eating and living in the 1950s kitchen – is a feast of nostalgia, and a mine of inspiration for anyone wanting to recreate that '50s look in their own home.

The Alex - The Story of The Alexandra Hotel, Bridlington

Author: Martin Wallace
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244168229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
The story of The Alexandra Hotel is a warm, affectionate and wide-ranging exploration of generous hospitality on the Yorkshire coast. Set in the context of the exciting turmoil of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and in the changing fortunes of Bridlington as a seaside resort in particular, it offers unexpected insights into people and events. Jostling together we find royalty, a notorious serial killer, wealthy shipping magnates, pop stars, politicians, chancers, an inventor, courting couples and young kitchen staff. We are invited to investigate the mysteries of complementary medicine, suspicions of arson, the art of landscape design and public architecture, the fun of bathing huts and cocktail bars, and inspiring experiences only the seaside can bring.

Quite Early One Morning

Author: Dylan Thomas
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811202084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
A dazzling collection of prose from one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century.

Hiroshima

Author: John Hersey
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593082362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

The Train on the Beach

Author: William Lieberman
Publisher: Booklocker.com
ISBN: 9781634921831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
The history of railroads in the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts and its neighboring communities is recounted. Details are provided about the railroads' routes, equipment, service, and corporate structures. Included is a description of how these railroads fostered the development of Boston's Inner North Shore.

Designing the Seaside

Author: Fred Gray
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861892744
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
"In Designing the Seaside Fred Gray provides a history of seaside architecture from the 18th century to the present day, investigating leisure, entertainment, taste, fashion and gender, and shows how the seaside even became a hotbed for moral and sexual issues - from the early use of bathing machines to twentieth-century beauty pageants and naturist groups. He relates the evolution of resort architecture to sweeping changes in how seaside nature was experienced and used by holidaymakers. The book also traces the history of the coastal resort, with examples ranging from Regency Sidmouth to Victorian Scarborough and early 20th-century Morecambe, as well as assessing seaside developments in the USA and Continental Europe, from Coney Island and Santa Barbara to Nice and Trouville." "Featuring many colourful, informative and often entertaining photographs, drawings, guidebook illustrations, postcards and publicity posters from resorts around the world, Designing the Seaside is a thoroughly readables as well as a visually fascinating account of changing attitudes to holidaymaking and its setting."--BOOK JACKET.

Beside the Seaside

Author: Jane Struthers
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 140903478X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
Can you remember why the sea is salty? How does the moon affect the tide? Where were Britain's most notorious places for smugglers? And what was the mystery of St Michael's Mount? There are almost as many stories about the sea as there are pebbles on the beach. Beside the Seaside is a book for anyone who has been captivated by the crash of waves on sand, thrilled by the exploits of pirates or delighted in an ice cream at the end of the pier. Answering such questions as what to look for in rock pools, which are the best knots and how to avoid being cursed by a mermaid, Beside the Seaside is bursting with facts, fables, history and mystery about Britain's seaside and coast.