Pleasure Boating On The Thames

Author : Simon Wenham
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750958626
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasure Boating on the Thames written by Simon Wenham and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE RIVER THAMES above London underwent a dramatic transformation during the Victorian period, from a great commercial highway into a vast conduit of pleasure. Pleasure Boating on the Thames traces these changes through the history of the firm that did more than any other on the waterway to popularise recreational boating. Salter Bros began as a small boat-building enterprise in Oxford and went on to gain worldwide fame, not only as the leading racing boat constructor, but also as one of the largest rental craft and passenger boat operators in the country.Simon Wenham’s illustrated history sheds light on over 150 years of social change, how leisure developed on the waterway (including the rise of camping), as well as how a family firm coped with the changes brought about by industrialisation – a business that, today, still carries thousands of passengers a year.

Author : Simon Wenham
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750958626
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasure Boating on the Thames written by Simon Wenham and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The River Thames above London underwent a dramatic transformation during the Victorian period, from a great commercial highway into a vast conduit of pleasure. Pleasure Boating on the Thames traces these changes through the history of the firm that did more than any other on the waterway to popularise recreational boating. Salter Bros began as a small boat-building enterprise in Oxford and went on to gain worldwide fame, not only as the leading racing boat constructor, but also as one of the largest rental craft and passenger boat operators in the country. Simon Wenham's illustrated history sheds light on over 150 years of social change, how leisure developed on the waterway (including the rise of camping), as well as how a family firm coped with the changes brought about by industrialisation – a business that, today, still carries thousands of passengers a year.

Author : John Henry Salter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The River Thames written by John Henry Salter and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. H. Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.B6/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thames Guide Book written by A. H. Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul A. L. Vine
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasure Boating in the Victorian Era written by Paul A. L. Vine and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1110 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Author : W. B. Woodgate
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368283405
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boating written by W. B. Woodgate and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1888.

Author : Peter Borsay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350031658
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invention of the English Landscape written by Peter Borsay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since at least the Reformation, English men and women have been engaged in visiting, exploring and portraying, in words and images, the landscape of their nation. The Invention of the English Landscape examines these journeys and investigations to explore how the natural and historic English landscape was reconfigured to become a widely enjoyed cultural and leisure resource. Peter Borsay considers the manifold forces behind this transformation, such as the rise of consumer culture, the media, industrial and transport revolutions, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and the Gothic revival. In doing so, he reveals the development of a powerful bond between landscape and natural identity, against the backdrop of social and political change from the early modern period to the start of the Second World War. Borsay's interdisciplinary approach demonstrates how human understandings of the natural world shaped the geography of England, and uncovers a wealth of valuable material, from novels and poems to paintings, that expose historical understandings of the landscape. This innovative approach illuminates how the English countryside and historic buildings became cultural icons behind which the nation was rallied during war-time, and explores the emergence of a post-war heritage industry that is now a definitive part of British cultural life.

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Total Pages : 146 pages
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Download or read book MotorBoating written by and published by . This book was released on 1971-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 103 pages
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Download or read book A Guide to the Upper Thames from Richmond to Oxford, for Boating Men, Anglers, Pic-nic Parties, and All Pleasure Seekers on the River written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: