"From sports and entertainment to the workplace, from the countryside to the city, witness the amazing changes that have made Britain what it is today. Contrast crowds waiting in the rain desperate to catch a glimpse of their new Queen at her coronation in 1953 with the flag-waving hordes jostling to see her Golden Jubilee procession almost fifty years later. Marvel at the beauty of our untouched countryside, fondly retail the Swinging Sixties, discover power stations transformed into museums and docks into marinas, as well as witnessing the mistakes that have been made in the name of progress. Britain Yesterday and Today transports you through time - with illuminating and informative text and over 200 fascinating photographs - bringing Britain alive."--BOOK JACKET.