BATSFORD'S CAMBRIDGE THEN & NOW

Compare a charabanc packed with strawberry fruit pickers on a wooden cart pulled by two horses with Cambridge Science Park to see how much has changed in fenland farmland. Homerton College has not changed at all in the two comparative pictures from 1973 with an S shape of students lined up with A shape in 2009 and we read that two famous alumni include Olivia Coleman and Sandi Toksvig. The illuminating tour contrasts past and present of this beautiful city with historic images paired with specially commissioned colour photographs to show the same scenes as they look today, revealing the timelessness of the city as well as some surprising changes. The enduring and peaceful view of King's College Chapel from the backs stands just two miles away from the high-tech business centre of Silicon Fen. See the cobbled Trumpington Street looking towards the Fitzwilliam Museum, First Court Peterhouse, Old Court Corpus Christi College, King's Parade, Clare College, the Wren Library Trinity College, Jesus College Gatehouse, Peas Hill and learn about Bronze Age remains, a Roman crossing point, an Anglo-Saxon hamlet and a Viking trading settlement. In 1068 at what was then known as Grentabrige, a Norman castle was built as well as a Holy Sepulchre. Read about the Round Church which still stands today and how a few teachers and students from Oxford settled in Cambridge after escaping a mob uprising in 1209. And of course from here came the famous names of Newton, Darwin, Rutherford, Turing, Crick and Hawking. 144 large pages measuring 27.9 x 24.4cm and approximately 200 colour and archive full page photos. A now rare 2011 remainder with low cover price.
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