Britain's First Photo Album
About this book
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Published to accompany the BBC Television series of the same name, this fascinating book follows John Sergeant as he takes a photographic journey through history in the footsteps of Francis Frith – the pioneer photographer. |
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The 10 programme television series presented by John Sergeant, celebrates the achievements of Frith and his team of photographers and is illustrated with hundreds of images from The Francis Frith Collection. The first programme is scheduled to be broadcast on 12th March 2012 on BBC2 at 6.30pm. |
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This is no stuffy history book, but a colourful and entertaining title crammed full with evocative historical photos from The Francis Frith Collection of places all around Britain as they appeared in the 19th century, combined with modern colour photos taken by John Sergeant inspired by the locations as they are now. The historical photographs are brought to life in a series of fascinating interviews as John Sergeant meets people living or working in the same places today, who tell their stories as they work to keep Britain's heritage alive. This beautifully presented book provides a fascinating look back at the past and will make intriguing reading for everyone interested in our heritage. |
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This book offers us a unique vision of the people and places of Britain over the course of the past century and more, showing how our past is linked with our present, perhaps more closely than we realise. |
Examples of John Sergeant's Journey
John visits Whitby in North Yorkshire, where he tracks down some living relatives of the fisherfolk children shown in the evocative Frith photograph (right), and hears about the town’s fishing tradition which is still carried on by descendants of the family shown in the old photo.
John visits Falkirk in Scotland and finds out about water power in the area in the past, and then visits the modern Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift that is one of the most impressive engineering projects of our times, and the only example of its kind in the world.
John visits the Royal Hospital at Chelsea in London, the famous retirement home for old soldiers known as the "Chelsea Pensioners". He learns about the Hospital’s fascinating history, and how it compares with the treatment of retired and injured soldiers in our troubled modern times.
Sample Pages
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