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  • Dawlish & Teignmouth From Old Photographs

    by Gerald Gosling ...
    Series series From Old Photographs
    Since the development of photography in the middle of nineteenth century, the picture of our pasts provided by the written chronicle, the museum artefact or by failing memory has been augmented by the most vivid and immediate relic of former times, the photograph. Authenticating even as it describes, the photograph is of its time in a way that other representations of the past are not. This ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • A Wodehouse Handbook

    Vol. 1 the World of Wodehouse

    by N. T. P. Murphy ...
    Norman Murphy caused a minor stir in literary circles when he published In Search of Blandings, which demonstrated that many of P.G. Wodehouse's legendary characters and settings were based on fact. In the two volumes of A Wodehouse Handbook, he reveals his findings across a wider field - the world that Wodehouse lived in and the sources of the many quotations and references Wodehouse used so ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Up and Over

    A Trek Through Rugby League Land

    by Dave Hadfield ...
    Along the way he met the people whose enthusiasm for the game has made it so durable - current and former internationals as well as others involved at all levels - as well as a few miserable old gits for balance. In this intimate account, Hadfield observes the way rugby league fits into the history and sociology of towns like Wigan and Castleford, with which it is synonymous. His record of the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway

    Women and the Great Western Railway

    by Rosa Matheson ...
    The Great Western Railway struggled with what was called 'the women question' for many years. It had heartily agreed with The Railway Sheet and Official Gazette that 'the first aim of women's existence is marriage, that accomplished, the next is ordering her home'. Yet women were the cheapest form of labour, apart from young girls, presenting the company with a dilemma and the GWR finally ... Read more

    $14.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of Birmingham

    by Norman Bartlam ...
    Series series Little Book of
    The Little Book of Birmingham is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the city's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts. Norman Bartlam's new book gathers together a myriad of data ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of the Black Country

    by Michael Pearson ...
    Series series Little Book of
    Did you know?Butcher Keith Boxley of Wombourne made the longest continuous sausage in 1988. It was 21.12km in length!The first general strike in the Black Country took place in 1842. The widespread public unrest was regarded nationally as the first ever general strike.Hell Lane in Sedgley was described as the 'most unruly place' in the Black Country. A woman who lived in the lane was said to have ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Character of Cricket

    by Tim Heald ...
    During one long summer during the mid-1980's, Tim Heald toured England, absorbing the flavour of at least one cricket ground in every first-class county, and a good many more besides. He wanted to discover the true character of the English game, among those who ate, slept and dreamt cricket in all corners of the country. The results are charming, heart-warmingly funny, and often surprising. In ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Durham City in Colour 1960-1970

    by Michael Richardson, Michelle Richardson ...
    Durham City in Colour 1960 - 1970 is a fascinating account of an ancient city and its people at work and play. This is the first time such a pictorial record of the 1960s has been collected in book form. The styles of the era are well covered, along with the many changes that occurred with the demolition of buildings and construction of new roads. Long-forgotten public houses and business premises ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Hereford Through Time

    by Derek Foxton ...
    Series series Through Time
    Hereford Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Hereford, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this area throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, readers can see the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Nuneaton Street By Street Through Time

    by Peter Lee ...
    Series series Through Time
    Nuneaton Street by Street Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Nuneaton, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this area throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Aspects of Barnsley 7

    Discovering Local History

    by Brian Elliot ...
    The Aspects series takes the readers on a voyage of nostalgic discovery through their town, city or area. Following on from the success of Aspects of Barnsley 6, the series continues with Aspects of Barnsley 7. Brian Elliott offers the reader a chance to become re-acquainted with the forgotten by-ways of the social history in the Barnsley area. Aspects of Barnsley 7 contains a well researched and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Okehampton Through Time

    by Paul Rendell ...
    Series series Through Time
    Okehampton, a settlement where two moorland rivers meet was an ideal stopping place on the way to Cornwall for travellers. This market town sits under Dartmoor's northern edge and has a wonderful history. Here Paul Rendell has picked some photographs which tell part of this history including the military, the railway, and of course the shops. There are some fine buildings like the town hall and a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD