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From "Around Tring" - both editions
Mike Bass is a professional photographer who has a very large collection of old photographs of Tring, which have been published in a number of books. In each case there is a useful descriptive text with the picture.:
Tring in old picture postcards: Volume 2
Mike Bass & Jill Fowler
European Library, 1993
The Brewhouse Public House, High Street, Wigginton. (from Around Tring)
Mike Bass & Jill Fowler
Chalford, 1996
The Silk Mill at Tring - See
Silk Mills
From Around Tring - The Second Selection
Around Tring: The Second Selection
Mike Bass & Jill Fowler
Chalford, 1998
There is a web page for books in the The Archive Photographs Series
New Mill Terrace (detail) see Emery, Tring.
The
Pheasant public house can be seen in the distance
Around Tring
Mike Bass & Jill Fowler
Tempus Two in One Series: Tempus Publishing, 2001
Pocket Edition: Nonsuch, 2006
This book is a reprint of the two Chalford books in one volume and is currently in print. It is excellent value for money.
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1900-1950 Jill Fowler Tempus Publishing, 2003 This book includes photographs for each decade from 1900, showing a wide range of activities within the town and its neighbourhood. There is a good supporting text with each picture. The cover picture was taken in 1946 and shows Mr and Mrs Walter Tapping on the Golden Wedding Anniversary with their family. |
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1951-2000 Jill Fowler Tempus Publishing, 2008 The sequel to Tring 1900-1950, this lavishly illustrated book traces the history of the second part of the twentieth century and documents the many changes which have taken place in those fifty years. This small market town has rapidly expanded in recent years bringing in large numbers of new residents, many from London. The influx has inspired the founding of many clubs, societies and sports facilities. Lying in London's commuter belt, council redevelopment of large open spaces around Tring has seen the destruction of many old buildings, however much still remains. |
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Jill
Fowler has produced two booklets of historical walks around Tring, with
sketches of some of the buildings, available from the Tring & District
Local History and Museum Society.
The Tring Triangle
A stroll around Tring's West End
Tring Town
A stroll around the Old Town
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Mike Bass (MBass1943 @t aol.com) also sells mounted copies of old local photographs, some of which can be seen (and ordered) at www.oldtring.co.uk, and a catalogue can be seen by callers at Spiders, Western Road, Tring, where orders can be taken.
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Jill Fowler Amberley Publishing, 2009 Tring has been a thriving market town for many centuries. In spite of extensive new building in the second half of the twentieth century, most of the interesting old buildings in the High Street have survived. In only a few of the modern photographs is it impossible to find a trace of Tring as it used to be a hundred years ago, and Tring in the twentieth century is still an interesting town for visitors. The Natural History Museum in Akeman Street attracts thousands of people each year and the lovely old church is well worth a visit. The Chilterns form a backdrop for the town with extensive beech woods, and canals and reservoirs are available to the public for walking, bird watching, fishing and boating. Perhaps these photographs will encourage people to explore Tring and its nearby villages, and find places of interest for themselves. |
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There is a web page for Tring