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Trowbridge 1984 Project You have in your hands the first edition of the book of the 'Trowbridge 1984 Project'. The aim was to take photographs in and around Trowbridge every day of the year to show how a town in England did not turn out as forecast by George Orwell in his book '1984'. There is no Winston Smith or Big Brother, nor is there Airstrip one. I went out and took a few photographs of people, places and events each day and ended up with over 1,200 of them. From those I have published 12 books, one for each month of 1984, which contain all the photographs for that month. This 1984 Album contains 366 selected photographs. The negatives are held at the Wiltshire County Archives in Chippenham and you can order a copy of any of these photograph from them. There is also a web site in progress which contains many of the photographs www.Tr1984.co.uk.