This fascinating collection of around 200 old photographs portrays the history of the town & the people of Sudbury from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1960s. At the beginning of this period Sudbury was a small town of fewer than 6 000 people subsisting mainly on argiculture; by the 1960s it had trebled in size with much of the open agricultural land being built over. The first five chapters examine each area of Sudbury in turn centring on a major thoroughfare in each case. The second half of the book looks at a number of important aspects of life in the town including celebrations leisure sport & schooldays. The pictures for this compilation have come from the extensive collection of Mr H. Griffiths from the Sudbury Museum Trust's archives & from the author's personal files. They have been painstakingly accumulated from local people who have donated them & the majority have never been published before. This intriguing & informative book will doubtless appeal to all residents of Sudbury. Those with a nostalgic longing for a world long disappeared will be able to reminisce as they read its pages while newcomers will find an invaluable guide to the recent history of the town.