Bradshaw's Guide Bradshaw at the Seaside: Britain's Victorian Resorts

by John Christopher and Campbell McCutcheon

Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book on what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth-century railway travellers. The guide introduced the notion of seaside holidays to the general public and thanks to the railways it became possible for a town or city dweller to catch a train for a day-trip to the coast and still be home in time for supper. 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, I do like to be beside the sea I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom Where the brass bands play: Tiddely-om-pom-pom ' Using Bradshaw's Guide illustrated with contemporary images and seaside postcards, John Christopher and Campbell McCutcheon take us on a tour of Britain's Victorian resorts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445643820
• ISBN13: 9781445643823
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages