Braithwaite, Paul, Born 1953
Biography
Paul Braitwaite was born in 1953 and spent his early life in in Coventry before going off to Leicester Polytechnic where he qualified as an architect, in 1978/9. Paul had a working life in private practice, with seven years self-employed partly doing architectural model-making. In 1989 Paul moved to Bristol but work took him all over England.
In 2011 he took a year off to tour and pursue his photography interest. Following that Paul retired to devote himself to historical research for various possible books, notably an encyclopaedic gazetteer of pre-locomotive railways in Britain as well as a study of historic timber-framed buildings in English towns and cities.
Since about 1970 Paul has collected material relating to the Photochrom Co., publishers of picture postcards.
Paul is a keen fairground enthusiast, researcher and author and has written for many publications, published his own books and given lectures on the subject since the 1980s.
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Transcriptions of Interviews with Jim Bryant and Research on Bryant’s Slot Machines, September - November 1996
Transcriptions of taped interviews with Jim Bryant and manuscript notes and research on Bryant’s slot machines, New Brighton Tower Company, Tom Boland, Street Automatic Machine Co. and others, for ‘Arcades & Slot Machines’ book.
Transcriptions of Interviews with Joe Fletcher, 1996 - 1997
Transcriptions of taped interviews with Joe Fletcher for Cater Books’ ‘Arcades & Slot Machines’ book.
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