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Stepney Gasworks
"The Commercial Gas Company set up its principal works in Stepney in the late 1830s and generated coal gas until the mid 20th century. As London expanded, the Stepney Works was transformed from a tiny site in rural surroundings into a massive industrial complex packed with buildings, including in 1864 the world's third largest gasholder. This book combines detailed recording of the surviving structures - the first such undertaken on a gasworks site - with analysis of previously unpublished reports, directors' minutes and other documentary evidence, so restoring the Commercial Gas Company to its rightful place in the turbulent history of London's gas industry."--Publisher's description.
Always under Pressure
This non-technical, readable book traces the history of North Thames Gas from the nationalization of the gas industry in 1949 until privatization in 1986, a period which saw the industry change form a position in the 1950s where its survival was threatened.
This Other London: Adventures in the Overlooked City
Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten reaches.
The Cement Garden
In the arid summer heat, four children – Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom – find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children’s lives twist into something unrecognisable as the outside begins to bear down on them.
