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Touring England using a 1939 Penguin guidebook

Reporter Emma Jane Kirby drives across England to see how much has changed since then.

The 'Garden of England' via a 1939 travel guide

Emma Jane Kirby visits Kent on her trip around England using a 1939 Penguin guidebook
Derbyshire: The 1939 Penguin guide to a 'spa county'

Emma Jane Kirby visits Derbyshire on her trip round England using a 1939 Penguin guidebook
'We no longer call them pilchards, they're now Cornish sardines'

Emma Jane Kirby visits Cornwall on her trip round England using a 1939 Penguin guidebook
Reflecting on the Lake District with an 80 year old guidebook

Emma Jane Kirby tours the Lake District using a 1939 Penguin travel guide
Touring Somerset with the 1939 Penguin guidebook

Emma Jane Kirby drives around England following the 1939 Penguin county guidebook