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This website is the home for the publications of the Orpington History Organisation. Please navigate the site to explore our books and which options there are to buy them. Our publications are a ‘labour of love’. We teamed up with Amberley publishing in 2012 to ensure that our publications would be avaliable far and wide. This also includes being made avaliable in digital format. Any profit made by the OHO (which is a small royality %) is used to fund our exhibition material, pay for our talks and to purchase items for our collection.Around Orpington Through Time
Lost Orpington and Around
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Established in 2008, Amberley Publishing is the
home of a series of several ever-popular colour
local history publications. Amberley is an
independent publisher of books on a rich
variety of history and heritage. In addition to
local history, their impressive catalogue of
c.3000 titles includes print and e-books across
many subject areas of such as transport,
industry, general history, sport, military and
niche specialist interests.
Around
Orpington
Through
Time
invites
you
to
explore
the
fascinating
history
of
Orpington
and
its
district
through
'then
and
now'
photographs.
The
Industrial
Revolution
of
the
latter
part
of
the
nineteenth
century
had
a
big
impact
on
the
area,
along
with
the
coming
of
the
railway
in
the
1860s,
and
the
arterial
road
built
in
the
1920s
changed
Orpington
forever.
Orpington
and
the
surrounding
areas
have
played
their
part
on
the
world
stage,
but
it
is
the
change
within
the
past
100
years
that
this
book
focuses
on.
Covering
Orpington,
Chelsfield,
Crofton,
Downe,
Farnborough,
Green
Street
Green,
Locksbottom,
Petts
Wood,
Pratt's
Bottom,
St
Mary
Cray
and
St
Paul's
Cray,
this is a 'must-have' step back in time for any resident or visitor familiar with the area.
The
Orpington
and
Around
History
Tour
takes
the
reader
on
a
historical
tour;
with
the
help
of
a
handy
location
map,
readers
are
invited
along
to
discover
how
Orpington’s
most recognisable locations and hidden-away gems have changed over time.
Lost
Orpington
&
Around
presents
a
detailed
portrait
of
a
town
and
a
way
of
life
that
has
radically
changed
or
disappeared
today,
showing
not
just
the
buildings
and
industries
that
have
gone,
but
also
many
popular
places
of
leisure
and
entertainment.
This
fascinating
photographic
history
of
lost
Orpington
and
the
surrounding
areas
will
appeal
to
all
those
who
live
here
or
know
the
area
well,
as
well
as
those
who
remember
it from previous decades.
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