LOOKING BACK - December 19, 2019 edition

Moments in Time history book of Rugby with montage images
By Zoe Ashton
Published 19th Dec 2019, 08:22 BST
Updated 19th Dec 2019, 08:24 BST
The book's coverThe book's cover
The book's cover

You might have seen Mark Hickman’s cleverly merged pictures in our news pages last year when he created a calendar combining scenes from the turn of the last century with current views.

Following its success, he has now produced a book called Rugby Moments in Time.

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Mark says: “The book is a history of Rugby Town with montage images supporting the text. The idea was to show the differences in places, lifestyles and fashions, over a period of time in places that are familiar.

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North Street, with a fire-damaged cottage and a recent BikeFest paradeNorth Street, with a fire-damaged cottage and a recent BikeFest parade
North Street, with a fire-damaged cottage and a recent BikeFest parade

“The reader can see Elizabethan thatched cottages in situ with the BikeFest parade, a World War One soldier on leave walking along Rugby’s modern-day railway platforms, King George about to open the Temple Speech rooms and many more of the town’s historic events.

It can be bought from: The Nest, Hunts bookshop,The Rugby library museum gift shop, Maddens on Hillmorton Road. It can also be bought direct from the website www.Rugbynowandthen.com.