Author: WATSON Alan
Title: Price's Village: A Study of a Victorian Industrial and Social Experiment
Description: Wirral, Price's (Bromborough) Ltd, 1966. Frontis, 57pp + 4 b&w photos. 22x14, publisher's cloth. Neat company library label on fep, very good thus. Scarce. Only book on this early model industrial village on the Wirrall. It was founded by William Wilson, candle maker, and influenced Lever's decision to build Port Sunlight (which is nearby). Lever Brothers subsequently bought up Price's, together with its village.

Keywords: NEW COMMUNITIES & GARDEN CITIES


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