๐ The Scoop
Known around the world for its famous Royal Regatta, the Henley-on-Thames of today is a picturesque centre for the fashionable and successful. This was not always the case for this vibrant riverside town however โ once a thriving river port, the railway boom of the 1840s took Henleyโs traditional trade with it, and the townโs once beautiful buildings gradually fell into disrepair. Henley had to find a new source of prosperity โ and in 1851, Prince Albertโs patronage of the Henley annual regatta was just what it needed.
Oxfordshire historian John Pilling and photographer Laurence Waters have curated a selection of archive images and stunning modern photographs of Henley โthenโ and โnowโ, fascinatingly illustrating the changing face of this popular town and providing an amazing insight into its history.
Genre: History / General (fancy, right?)
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