Making the Metropolis. Creators of Victoria's London Yorkshire It was those qualities that

It was those qualities that emerged as the unassuming youngster made the long journey from the Kent coalfields to the football hot bed that was the Black Country in the 1950s

The one who was suspected of being drunk on New Year’s Day

1935 – 1950

John’s College

Making the Metropolis. Creators of Victoria's London Yorkshire It was those qualities thatThere is also an ebook version available of this title, it is for sale from Amazon or your usual provider. In 1801 the population of London was almost one million. A century later it was 6m. Stephen Halliday's beautifully illustrated book shows how the ramshackle collection of communities that entered the 19th century became the worlds first metropolis. This amazing story is told through the lives of eight men: JOHN NASH defined the modern West End