As a tour guide in London, I particularly like this book for the old photographs of London both beyond and in the centre. I particularly have an interest in the old London Docks area at Shad Thames near Tower Bridge. These old docks have a story to tell and the photographs in this book allow me to contrast modern day images and try and show the way that the Thames in this area has changed over the passage of time. Excellent book and if you're interested in the history of London and it's river, then do not hesitate to buy this book. You will not be disappointed
Journey along the length of the famed Thames River on a spectacular photographic tour. Spanning almost 150 years, the images in this evocative history include the work of some of the pioneers and leading exponents of topographical and architectural photography. View the rural Thames as it approaches London. See the riverside towns, the working docks and warehouses, the development of the web of bridges that now links north and south, barges, sailing ships and warships, the great flood
About the Author
Stephen Croad was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1946 and was educated at the local grammar school. After reading the History of European Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, he joined the staff of the National Monuments Record in 1968. He became Head of the architectural record in 1981, retired in 1996 and was appointed MBE in the following year. He is the author of London's Bridges (1983) and has been a member of the committee of the national Inventory of War Memorials at the Imperial War Museum since its inception in 1989. He was elected to the Council of the London Topographical Society in 1996 and elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1990 and of the Royal Geographical Society in 2000.
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