This selection of photographs documents the dramatic transformation of Hammersmith and Fulham over the 20th century. It offers an impression of the streets and districts as they developed during a century of unprecedented change and offers an insight into the daily lives of local people. Well-known sites are shown and famous events recalled - the Boat Race and Chelsea Football Club, the Hammersmith Palais and the Granville Theatre, Olympia, White City and Earls Court, Fulham Power Station and the Fulham Pottery, polo at Hurlingham and the 1908 Olympic Games. Every aspect of the recent history of the borough is covered from schools, shopping, work, transport, the river, the roads, special occasions and the two world wars.