by Chris Jones
I must get asked, literally 100s of times a day, where did the R come from in RTW come from. Well now I am safe to hide behind a fabulous new book from the Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society. Tunbridge Wells in 1909 by Chris Jones is a month-by-month diary taking us through the year that we obtained our Royal title. Its an utterly absorbing book that lasted me just a few hours as I raced through discovering just how our ancestors lived and shaped our town.
Fascinating tales of immigration, unemployment, countless applications for skating rinks, politics, the economy, in fact most of the same troubles that face the country today. You'll read open-mouthed at the stories of the local train crash, the workhouses, the domestic servants and the branding of the town with its shiny new title. The back of the book is devoted to a tour of the town in 1909, pointing out all the local landmarks and buildings together with lots of new exclusive pictures to go along with the text which in themselves are worth the money.
This is a wonderful book that had me in wonder and amusement from start to finish.
Published December 2008; 210 pages; paperback.
Fascinating tales of immigration, unemployment, countless applications for skating rinks, politics, the economy, in fact most of the same troubles that face the country today. You'll read open-mouthed at the stories of the local train crash, the workhouses, the domestic servants and the branding of the town with its shiny new title. The back of the book is devoted to a tour of the town in 1909, pointing out all the local landmarks and buildings together with lots of new exclusive pictures to go along with the text which in themselves are worth the money.
This is a wonderful book that had me in wonder and amusement from start to finish.
Published December 2008; 210 pages; paperback.
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