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Britain Yesterday And Today

Britain Yesterday and Today looks at many aspects of British life over the last 150 years, contrasting beautiful black and white images with colour photographs from the twenty-first century of the same scenes and activities.

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Britain Yesterday & Today looks at many aspects of British life over the last 150 years, contrasting beautiful black & white images with colour photographs from the twenty-first century of the same scenes & activities.

In this new edition the modern pictures have been updated to include memorable images of the RAF fly past after William & Kates wedding & the winning garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

From sport & leisure to the workplace, from the countryside to the city & from shore to shore, witness the amazing changes that have taken place in British society over the last century-&-a-half, as well as those things that have reassuringly remained the same.

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• ISBN: 9781781778814
• Author: Janice Anderson & Edmund Swinglehurst
• Publisher: Seven Oaks
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 189
• Dimensions: 26 x 22.5 x 2cm

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Black - A colour which does not emit any colour of the spectrum. Black absorbs all frequencies of the spectrum.
White - A colour combining all colours
Garden - An outside area with grass and foliage
Flower - The reproductive part of a plant. Colourful to attract insects to pollenate
garden - A planned space used for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.
Colour - The categorised spectrum of light visable to humans
Flower - A product that comes from planting a seed, tend to be the brightly coloured part at the end of the stem.
Hardback - Referring to books something that is made from thick stiff card
Dimensions - The shapes and angles of something or a situation.

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The Works
With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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