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This book raises awareness of the wide range and varied character of the historic landscape and buildings which constitute Manningham, and the forces and trends which have contributed to its appearance over time. It tells the story, through its buildings and landscape, of Manningham's development from a thinly populated rural township to a fully developed, mostly middle-class, fashionable, 19th-century city suburb full of self assurance, civic pride and high-quality architecture. It examines how successfully and in what ways the suburb and its buildings have subsequently continued to function, following the decline and disappearance of the traditional industries on which its success was originally based and a substantially changed cultural and demographic profile. The publication will appeal to all of those with an interest in Bradford and its buildings. In addition, by supplementing the research project and literary work with a major outreach and film project, the fruits of which help to inform the publication text and are incorporated into the book as a DVD insert, the publication will be extremely effective in engaging and developing new audiences amongst the people living and working in Manningham. It gives them a 'voice', allowing them to share their memories and put forward their own views and opinions on the district which has become increasingly known to outsiders only for its problems of economic out-migration, increasing levels of crime and headline-making outbreaks of civil unrest. The publication also serves as a response to recently growing nation-wide development pressure on historic suburbs and this will increase understanding of historical suburban development and modern adaptation, and appeal to those with an interest in social, urban and industrial history.
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Simon Taylor is a Senior Investigator with English Heritage Kathryn Gibson is a Historic Buildings and Areas Supervisor with English Heritage
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I was brought up in Girlington and before I could read I learned to navigate the streets by reference to the distinctive mill chimneys. My family had worked in the textile trade for two hundred years and had moved just two streets in the whole of that period. There was so much pride in the mills and in worsted manufacture, people felt part of a much greater whole. Most of my family worked in Manningham Mills and I went to school at Lilycroft across the road. During school holidays, I had dinner with my mother in the canteen there. We thought it would go on for ever, certainly the mills had been designed like palaces and built to last forever.
This book and its accompanying CD is a valuable and potent record of a unique society, with its culture and aspirations (and arrogance) built stone by solid stone. Whether you come from this area or not, this is history in a nutshell. Well done, English Heritage - I look forward to more projects like this. And a little plea: please save our streets, citiscapes just as much as the countryside need people to care about their maintenance.
This book and its accompanying CD is a valuable and potent record of a unique society, with its culture and aspirations (and arrogance) built stone by solid stone. Whether you come from this area or not, this is history in a nutshell. Well done, English Heritage - I look forward to more projects like this. And a little plea: please save our streets, citiscapes just as much as the countryside need people to care about their maintenance.
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This is an excellent volume. The text is interesting, but for me the best part is the photography of a part of my home town where as a student on a summer job I emptied dustbins for a couple of months. There are some fascinating images; and most Bradfordians will find something new to them. The DVD is also well worth watching, presenting some perspectives on a multicultural city.
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EXCELLENTLY WELL RESEARCHED BOOK WITH ACCOMPANYING DVD. WAS RECOMMENDED BY MY MOTHER WHO STILL LIVES IN THE AREA, AN AREA WHERE I DELIVERED PAPERS TO THE OPULENT HOUSES AROUND MANNINGHAM PARK.NOTHING LIKE THE SANDS STONE BUILT HOUSES AND BUILDINGS THAT FILL THAT AREA AND WHICH THE BOOK BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AND A HISTORY, SOME OF WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW.I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ANYONE EVEN IF YOUVE NOT LIVED THERE, ITS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS COUNTRIES HISTORY AND OF THE ERA IT WAS BUILT, BUT SADLY OVERSHADOWED BY THE RIOTS IN THE 90'S.
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