Contents

– Introduction –

vii

– 1  Birmingham –

1

– 2  Superlative Newcastle-upon-Tyne –

15

– 3  Canterbury: the Happy City –

32

– 4  Patrician Manchester –

46

– 5  Glasgow and Cumbernauld New Town –

61

– 6  Llanidloes, the Pocket Metropolis –

89

– 7  Exciting Possibilities of Modern Shefield –

103

– 8  Friendly Plymouth –

119

– 9  The Borough of St Marylebone –

133