Trafford The Postcard Collection

by Dickens, Steven

• ISBN13: 9781445692692
• ISBN10: 1445692694
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-01-01
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Summary

The borough of Trafford includes Old Trafford, Stretford, Altrincham, Sale, Partington, and Urmston within Greater Manchester. North and South Trafford are separated by the River Mersey and the area is home to Manchester United Football Club, Lancashire County Cricket Club, the Imperial War Museum North and Trafford Park industrial estate as well as the new out of town development of the Trafford Centre. In Trafford The Postcard Collection the various towns of the Borough are represented, including less well known views of the Trafford Park industrial estate and the more rural areas of Warburton which today are under threat from railway development, Carrington and Ashton on Mersey, which are often overlooked. The book takes the reader on an evocative journey into Trafford’s past through a selection of old postcards which offer a fascinating window into the history of this area of north-west England.

Author Biography

Steven John Dickens has a BA. Hons in History (Sheffield University) and an MA in Twentieth Century History (Liverpool University) and is a retired charge nurse and college lecturer. He has always had an interest in local history and social history and has also lectured on the history of the NHS. He has previously written for several local history publications, genealogy journals and magazines, including The Manchester Genealogist and The Journal of the Altrincham History Society.