Rickmansworth, Croxley Green and Chorleywood Through Time takes the
reader on a nostalgic journey back to an age when the pace of life was
much slower and more tranquil than it is today. Using a vibrant
selection of old picture postcards, many of which have been stored in
dusty attics untouched for generations, coupled with superb modern-day
colour photographs as a comparison, we witness the many changes that
have occurred in these lovely picturesque areas over the past 100 years.
Memories abound: Rickmansworth's first railway, which opened in 1862,
King Edward VII's visit to Croxley Green in 1909 and countless images of
the charming village of Chorleywood, captured on camera by a small but
dedicated group of photographers. Without their enthusiasm and
commitment in recording for posterity mostly everyday views and
occurrences, much of these areas' pictorial history would have been lost
forever.