Bray in Old Photographs by Arthur Flynn
Bray is perhaps the most classic Victorian seaside town in Ireland. Its modern existence is due entirely to the presence of the railway, which turned it into a leisure destination for Dubliners. This wonderful collection of photographs is a chronicle of social life in Bray from the 1890s to the present day with main emphasis on the period 1940 to 1980. T Bray is perhaps the most classic Victorian seaside town in Ireland. Its modern existence is due entirely to the presence of the railway, which turned it into a leisure destination for travellers from Dublin. Much of that Victorian air still survives and is well captured in Arthur Flynn's evocative collection of old photographs. Arthur Flynn has assembled a remarkably wide selection of images, all of them drawn from private sources and most of them never seen before in print.