Nottingham 1897-1947

The photographs in this fascinating collection bring to vivid life the first half century of the City of Nottingham. They show the fledgling city emerging from the Victorian era into the twentieth century and the great changes which overtook it in the 1920s and '30s.

More than half of them were taken by the distinguished photographer Frank Walden Stevenson, first as an enthusiastic amateur and later as the senior staff photographer on the Nottingham Journal. He was a man who foresaw that many of the Nottingham's older houses and public buildings were vanishing for ever and so captured on film a visual record that would preserve for posterity the city's rich architectual heritage. But Frank Stevenson's work is more than that. As well as possessing a distinctive beauty, it provides us with a glimpse of the everyday lives of our ancestors and imbues our vision of a past with a nostalgic glow.

Chapters cover transport – guaranteed to kindle many fond memories – the city's major industries, and Nottingham during the Second World War. This intriguing book will appeal both to those lucky enough to remember the old Nottingham and to those who enjoy discovering their city's history.