Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme : a postcard heritage
Billington, Michael2022
Book
This work looks at the development of the publishing and collecting of postcards in the Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme area, some 7 miles or so south west of Manchester. E. Mather of Flixton Post Office and J. Wride, who had a stationers in Urmston photographed the streets of the area as well as landmarks such as the pubs, churches, grand houses, parks, hospitals, railways, cenotaph, canals and bridges. All are here in this book. Postcards, some as old as 120 years old, are contrasted with photographs taken by the author.
Main title:
Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme : a postcard heritage / Michael Billington.
Author:
Billington, Michael, author
Imprint:
Manchester : Epona Publications, 2022.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations
ISBN:
9781838453220 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.731942.731 BIL
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3607599