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| Supernatural Lancashire. P/B The mysteries, myths and strange phenomena from Windemere in the north to Warrington in the south. This book relates over 100 of these inexplicable case histories which have come to light through regional surveys and in-depth examinations. Author: Peter Hough. Publisher: Hale. Paperback. 224pp. 14cm by 21cm. ISBN 0709074417. Original Price £11.99.
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Edinburgh. One of the 'Companion' guides that covers Edinburgh and the Borders, complete with full colour photographs of many locations.Author: A.J.Youngson. Publisher: Companion Guides. Paperback. 420pp. 14cm by 21cm. ISBN 1900639033.
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| Tales of the Country Eccentrics. A nostalgic look at conker fanatics, eel catchers and lawnmower racers to name just a few of the wild and wacky country characters, full of evocative photographs and specially commissioned watercolour illustrations.Author: Tom Quinn. Publisher: David & Charles. Hardback.192pp. 19cm by 26cm. ISBN 0715303473. Original Price £18.99.
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Smugglers Tales. For centuries smuggling was a large part of life in coastal regions, with many products such as tea, tobacco, lace and silk spirited away to unusual hiding places, full of evocative photographs and specially commissioned watercolour illustrations.Author: Tom Quinn. Publisher: David & Charles. Hardback.192pp. 19cm by 26cm. ISBN 0715306960. Original Price £17.99.
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| Tales of the Old Villagers.. A nostalgic look at how life in traditional villages has all but disappeared from our countryside, full of evocative photographs and specially commissioned watercolour illustrations.Author: Brian P. Martin. Publisher: David & Charles. Hardback.192pp. 19cm by 26cm. ISBN 0715303481. Original Price £18.99.
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Tales from the Old Inland Waterways. A nostalgic look at how life on our Inland Waterways was in years gone by, full of evocative photographs and specially commissioned watercolour illustrations.Author: Euan Corrie. Publisher: David & Charles. Hardback.192pp. 19cm by 26cm. ISBN 0715305425. Original Price £18.99.
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| Tales from the Country Pub. H/B An illustrated record of rural richness as experienced by some of our most colourful publicans and their customers, from Inverie in the Highlands to the depths of Devon.Author: Brian Martin. Publisher: David & Charles. Hardback. 192pp. 19cm by 26cm. ISBN 0715305417. Original Price £18.99.
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Tales from the Country Pub. P/B. An illustrated record of rural richness as experienced by some of our most colourful publicans and their customers, from Inverie in the Highlands to the depths of Devon.Author: Brian Martin. Publisher: David & Charles. Paperback. 192pp. 19cm by 26cm. ISBN 0715312413.
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| Kent. Archive photographs from the famous Frith collection showing Kent from mid-Victorian times.Publisher: Francis Frith. Hardback. 120pp. 19cm by 25cm. ISBN: 1859377688. Original Price £9.99.
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Hardy Landscapes. A portrait of the part of England where Thomas Hardy was born, full of beautiful full-scale paintings of landscapes and sketches of details relating to scenes.Author: Gordon Beningfield. Publisher: Select Editions. Hardback. 64pp. 34cm by 25cm. ISBN 1844060373. Original Price £17.95.
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| Helen Allingham's Happy England. A wonderful collection of eighty paintings of Helen Allingham, the traditional English watercolour painter who loved cottages and the quintisential cottage garden.Author: Marcus B. Huish. Publisher: Select Editions. Hardback. 127pp. 25cm by 17cm. ISBN 1844060381. Original Price £12.99.
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Yorkshire Past. A wonderful celebration of a proud county full of archive photographs of quaint rural villages, bustling seaside towns and industrial city centre scenes.Publisher: Yorkshire Post. Hardback. 128pp. 19cm by 25cm. ISBN 1845471067. Original Price £14.99.
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| Sheffield On The Move. A collection of bygone photographs covering the full transport scene in Sheffield from 1834 and the first horse-drawn bus service to 1994 and the advent of the supertram.Publisher: At Heart Publications/The Star. Hardback. 128pp. 19cm by 25cm. ISBN 1845471008. Original Price £14.99.
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Yorkshire From The Air. A superb collection of mainly full-colur photographs of various places in Yorkshire, including some archive photos of Leeds many years ago and recent coast photos from Staithes to the Humber.Publisher: Yorkshire Post. Hardback. 128pp. 19cm by 25cm. ISBN 1845471113. Original Price £14.99.
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| Aspects of Blackburn. One of the 'Discovering Local History' series that is an on-going collection of essays and reprts about Blackburn and the surrounding towns and villages, with many archive photographs.Editor: Alan Duckworth. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 192pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1871647568. Original Price £9.95.
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Aspects of Lancaster. One of the 'Discovering Local History' series that is an on-going collection of essays and reprts about Lancaster and the surrounding towns and villages, with many archive photographs.Editor: Sue Wilson. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 160pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1871647959. Original Price £9.99.
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| Aspects of Leeds. One of the 'Discovering Local History' series that is the third volume in an on-going collection of essays and reports about Leeds and the surrounding towns and villages, with many archive photographs.Editor: Lynne Stevenson Tate. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 192pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1903425050. Original Price £9.99.
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Aspects of Doncaster. One of the 'Discovering Local History' series that is the second volume in an on-going collection of essays and reports about Doncaster and the surrounding towns and villages, with many archive photographs.Editor: Brian Elliott. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 192pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1871647576. Original Price £9.95.
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| Aspects of Calderdale. One of the 'Discovering Local History' series that is an on-going collection of essays and reprts about Calderdale and the surrounding towns and villages, with many archive photographs.Editor: John Billingsley. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 160pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1903425204. Original Price £9.99.
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Aspects of Accrington. One of the 'Discovering Local History' series that is an on-going collection of essays and reprts about Accrington and the surrounding towns and villages, with many archive photographs.Editor: Susan Halstead & Catherine Duckworth. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 192pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1871647657. Original Price £9.95.
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| Aspects of Huddersfield 2. One of the 'Discovering Local History' series that is the second volume in an on-going collection of essays and reports about Huddersfield and the surrounding towns and villages, with many archive photographs.Editor: Stephen Wade. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 160pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1903425239. Original Price £9.99.
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Aspects of Huddersfield. One of the 'Discovering Local History' series that is an on-going collection of essays and reprts about Huddersfield and the surrounding towns and villages, with many archive photographs.Editor: Isobel Schofield. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 176pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1871647665. Original Price £9.95.
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| Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Derby. The fascinating and true accounts of murders and other suspicious deaths in this book will take the reader back in time on a visit to the dark side of Victorian Derby.Author: Kevin Turton. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 144pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 190342576X. Original Price £9.99.
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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Guildford. The fascinating and true accounts of murders and other suspicious deaths in this book will take the reader back in time on a visit to the dark side of Victorian Guildford.Author: Caroline Maxton. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 176pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1903425786. Original Price £10.99.
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| Born and Brewed in Yorkshire. A full colour collection of Yorkshire ale labels that describes the beer it was on, also known as pump clips they advertise the ale of over 45 independant breweries in Yorkshire.Author: Rosie Walker. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 111pp. 13cm by 21cm. ISBN 190342514X. Original Price £9.99.
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Trams & Trolleybuses In Doncaster. This book tells the story of the trams and their successors, the trolleybuses from 1902 through to 1963, with an authoratative text and over 135 archive photographs.Author: Richard Buckley. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 128pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1903425298. Original Price £9.99.
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| 20th Century Blackburn. The story of Blackburn during the most tumultuous century of human history. With a wealth of archive photographs from the 1900 to 1999 celebrations.Author: Andrew Taylor. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 144pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1871647894. Original Price £9.95.
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Dickie Bird's Britain. This book is about the people and places that make Dickie unashamedly proud to be British. A tour of the country with a wealth of colour photographs.Author: Dickie Bird. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton. Hardback. 256pp. 19cm by 25cm. ISBN 0340735031. Published Price £20.00
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| Historic Parks & Gardens: South Yorkshire. This pioneering volume contains information of the development of deer parks, landscaped parks and public parks, ornamental and kitchen gardens to nearly 30 gardens open to the public in South Yorkshire.Author: Joan & Mel Jones. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 160pp. 17cm by 25cm. ISBN 1903425476. Original Price £12.99.
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Free Days Out in the North West. A unique book packed with ideas for days out to free admission places in the Greater Manchester, Merseyside and the rest of the North-West from Lancaster to Nantwich.Author: Peter Haddington. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 191pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 190342500X. Original Price £9.99.
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| Wakefield & District. This Wharncliffe Companion is an illustrated A - Z of local history with essential information on people, places and events from prehistory to the present.Author: Len Markham. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 176pp. 15cm by 21cm. ISBN 1903425891. Original Price £12.99.
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Manchester. This Wharncliffe Companion is an illustrated A - Z of local history with essential information on people, places and events from prehistory to the present.Author: Glynis Cooper. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 173pp. 15cm by 21cm. ISBN 1903425743. Original Price £10.99.
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| West Yorkshire Landscape. A concise guide to the engrossing story of change from a prehistoric wooded landscape into a contemporary pattern of moorland, grassland, grain land, villages and the huge urban expanses of Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield etc.. complete with numerous photographs.Author: Anthony Silson. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 128pp. 24cm by 19cm. ISBN 190342531X. Original Price £9.99.
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Making of Leeds. A concise history of the significant changes and times of the city down through the ages, from its start as a tiny settlement by the River Aire to one of the biggest cities in the country, full of archive photographs and drawings.Author: David Goodman. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 176pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1903425417. Original Price £9.99.
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| Making of Manchester. A concise history of the significant changes and times of the city down through the ages, from its beginnings in the Roman fort and settlement of Mancunium to the revolutionary changes of the 21st century, full of archive photographs and drawings.Author: Mike Fletcher. Publisher: Wharncliffe. Paperback. 144pp. 15cm by 23cm. ISBN 1903425328. Original Price £9.99.
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Sussex Coast. A unique photographic record of a journey along the Sussex coast from Chichester in the west through towns such as Bognor, Shoreham and Brighton before ending at Rye and Winchelsea.Author: Ray Hollands. Publisher: Sutton. Paperback. 144pp. 20cm by 26cm. ISBN 0750940638. Original Price £14.99.
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| Matlock and Matlock Bath. One of the 'Images of England' series that is a collection of archive photographs of this beautiful area of the Peak District and highlights the changes that have taken place in recent years.Author: Julie Bunting. Publisher: Tempus. Paperback. 128pp. 16cm by 23cm. ISBN 0752424556. Original Price £10.99.
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Beningfield's English Villages. Traditional village life is here recorded by one of the country's finest and best-loved painters of the English countryside, here is recorded in pictures and words special places with interesting architecture, wildlife and country characters.Author: Gordon Beningfield. Publisher: Select Editions. Hardback. 91pp. 26cm by 29cm. ISBN 1844060217. Original Price £18.00.
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| Supernatural Pennines. P/B Since ancient times the moors and valleys within the Pennine hills have been fertile ground for strange phenomena, this book relates over 100 of these inexplicable case histories which have come to light through regional surveys and in-depth examinations. Author: Jenny Randles. Publisher: Hale. Paperback. 256pp. 16cm by 23cm. ISBN 0709071440.
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Supernatural Pennines. H/B The Pennines, often termed the 'backbone of England' are also famed as being an area that has generated more tales of boggarts, monsters, ghosts and UFO's than virtually anywhere else in the northern hemisphere.Author: Jenny Randles. Publisher: Hale. Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN 0709068266.
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| Supernatural Peak District. The Peak District is Britain's most popular national park, with it's miles of high moorland and unspoilt dales, but it is also rich in folklore, traditions and strange happenings, from headless horsemen to ghostly black dogs. Author: David Clarke. Publisher: Hale. Paperback. 192pp. 14cm by 21cm. ISBN 070906814X.
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Malmesbury. One of the Nonsuch 'Pocket Images' series that is a collection of old photographs of this quaint Wiltshire town. Author: Dorothy Barnes. Publisher: Nonsuch. Paperback. 128pp. 12cm by 17cm. ISBN 1845881605.
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| Around Louth. One of the Britain In Old Photographs series that is the second volume charting the history of Louth in archive photographs and highlights its commercial heritage.Author: David Cuppleditch. Publisher: Sutton. Paperback. 128pp. 17cm by 24cm. ISBN 0750935332. Original Price £11.99.
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A Ram in the Well. Here is a vivid picture of a way of life fast disappearing, even in a country that cherishes the past as dearly as Wales.Author: June Knox-Mawer. Publisher: Sutton. Paperback. 215pp. 13cm by 20cm. ISBN 0750935294. Original Price £8.99.
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| Scotland's First War of Independance. From the tragic death of Alexander III in 1286, through the English invasion of 1296 and the resistance of William Wallace, to the heroic success of Robert I, this book chronicles the Scots struggle to assert their nationhood.Author: Sarah Crome. Publisher: Auch Books. Hardback. 160pp. 23cm by 30cm. ISBN 0953631605. Original Price £17.95.
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Black Country Chapels. One of the Britain In Old Photographs series that charts the history of the communities that were mainly nonconformist and independent congregations from Amblecote to Tipton and Hell Lane to Paradise.Author: Ned Williams. Publisher: Sutton. Paperback. 144pp. 17cm by 24cm. ISBN 0750939907. Original Price £12.99.
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| King's Norton. One of the Britain In Old Photographs series that charts the history of the area in archive photographs and highlights its grammar school and fifteenth-century timber framed house.Author: Wendy Pearson. Publisher: Sutton. Paperback. 160pp. 17cm by 24cm. ISBN 0750938587. Original Price £12.99.
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Wallingford, The Twentieth Century. One of the Britain In Old Photographs series that charts the history of the area in archive photographs and highlights its century of unprecedented change.Author: Dawn Beasley. Publisher: Sutton. Paperback. 144pp. 17cm by 24cm. ISBN 075093123X. Original Price £12.99.
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| Around Hayes & West Drayton One of the Britain In Old Photographs series that charts the history of the area in archive photographs and highlights its industrial heritage.Author: Philip Sherwood. Publisher: Sutton. Paperback. 128pp. 17cm by 24cm. ISBN 075093669X. Original Price £12.99.
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Capital Disasters. London has suffered disasters such as earthquakes, flood, fire, plagues, war and disease that have bruised and battered this capital city, but London and its people have refused to be overcome.Author: John Withington. Publisher: Sutton. Hardback. 220pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN 0750933178. Original Price £25.00.
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| Rural Portraits A journey around Scotland encompassing every breed of Scottish native farm animal, including the people associated with their husbandry. Supported by a superb collection of the drawings and paintings of Keith Brockie.Author: Polly Pullar. Publisher: Langford Press. Hardback. 180pp. 24cm by 31cm. ISBN 1904078060. Original Price £28.00
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