Artikelname: 20 Thousand Miles By Flying Boat Around Africa
Artikelbeschreibung: Air-route development in Africa was a direct result of Sir Alan Cobham's 1929 flight through and round Africa in a flying-boat. Beginning in France and crossing the Mediterranean, the route was via Malta, Egypt, East Africa through Kenya and Nyasaland, from Beira to Lagos, across to the Ivory Coast, from Freetown to Cape Bojador and through the Canaries, essentially navigating most of the coast of Africa. Lady Cobham accompanied her husband throughout the long journey, in so doing establishing a record for air travel by a woman. This is Sir Alan Cobham's first-hand account of his journey; first published in 1930, this new edition is illustrated with over 50 photographs from the trip, including some previously unpublished and straight from the family archive.

Artikelname: A History of Hand Knitting
Artikelbeschreibung: Back in print after a decade, this definitive history of knitting examines social aspects , well known legends, and changes in tools and techniques over the decades.

Artikelname: An Eye on the Coast:The Fishing Industry from Wick to Whitby
Artikelbeschreibung: The coastal communities of Scotland and north-east England have always looked to the sea, and the ocean has played a vital role in the development of coastal culture and industry.This collection of photographs and drawings is a personal celebration of fisher people, harbours and boats used along the coast of Scotland and parts of the North East. Often selected for their aesthetic appeal, these pictures are not intended to form a complete record of vessels and fishing communities, but rather, to show an appreciation of the classic wooden-hulled, cruiser-stemmed seine net users and dual-purpose craft. Many of these splendid boats have perished under decommissioning schemes of recent years and so this book could be seen as a lament to a passing era and will undoubtedly evoke many strong memories.

Artikelname: Beers & Breweries Of Britain
Artikelbeschreibung: Do you know why King William IV appears more frequently on Britain's pub signs than any other monarch, why the German beer purity laws were introduced, or how a can widget works? This book answers these questions and tells you much more about British beer and brewing. For example, did you know that more than two thousand barleycorns are required to make each pint of beer? Are you aware that beer does not make you fat? In fact, each pint contributes useful protein, vitamins, minerals and fibre with low levels of salt, free sugar, and no fat or cholesterol whatever. Beer is much more complex than wine; it is often a better accompaniment to food, and there are more than two thousand brands of beer in the United Kingdom to choose from. The author explores beer's six-thousand-year history and explains how different styles emerged through the use of different materials and processing methods. The story is brought right up to date with an insider's expose of the modern brewing process and an account of which processing aids are employed and why.

Artikelname: Birmingham's Canalside Industries
Artikelbeschreibung: Coal mining and iron working prospered in the West Midlands in the nineteenth century, after the development of local industry, in particular metalworking and the use of coal, iron and limestone. Metalworking also stimulated the growth of a local chemical industry where acids and alkali was produced, which in turn led to the making of pure chemicals, assisting the local paint and varnish industry. Industries sprang up at the canal side. Other needs led to building of brickyards, flourmills, glassworks and timber yards beside the water's edge. This illustrated volume examines the canalside industries of Birmingham and the Black Country, looking at iron, coal, gas, electricity, bricks and firebricks, and railway interchange, plus some of the more modern trades.

Artikelname: Born and Brewed in Yorkshire
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Artikelname: Bread upon the Waters
Artikelbeschreibung: This book describes the last years of regular narrow-boat traffics on the Grand Union Canal and connecting waterways. Its author writes with great feeling of the difficulties faced by canal carriers and boatmen in the 1960s, including the 'great freeze' of 1962/3.

Artikelname: Brewery Railways of Burton on Trent
Artikelbeschreibung: A detailed history of the extensive industrial lines that once served the mass of breweries in this Midlands town. Also mentioned are the few other industrials lines in the town.

Artikelname: Brickmaking in Sussex
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Artikelname: British Brewing in Old Photographs
Artikelbeschreibung: During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, brewing became one of Britain's great industries. British beer slaked the thirst of an increasingly urban population and of empire builders throughout the world. Today, the UK remains one of the world's leading brewing nations.In British Brewing leading drinks author and journalist Gavin D. Smith has assembled a comprehensive and fascinating collection of photographs from a wide range of sources, and has augmented them with illuminating captions and accompanying text. This provides a memorable record of the way in which brewing developed in Britain, and how it emerged as the industry we know today.There is wide geographical diversity of subject matter here, and chapters are devoted to a brief history of British brewing, brewing beer, brewery transport, British breweries, and drinking beer. This book will appeal to beer aficionados and anyone who relishes an insight into aspects of Britain's industrial and social heritage.

Artikelname: British Small Mines North
Artikelbeschreibung: This volume covers mines in northern England & southern Scotland.The book has details of 28 mines, of which several had locos.

Artikelname: British Small Mines: South
Artikelbeschreibung: The fourth and final volume in the series detailing the small mines of England, Scotland and Wales. Over 100 photographs illustrate 28 locations in the Midlands, the Forest of Dean, and West Wales. With extended captions and site plans, the mining of coal, fluorspar, gold, slate and spar is portrayed.

Artikelname: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004
Artikelbeschreibung: Charles Rennie Mackintosh was the third partner of John Honeyman and Keppie, the architectural practice now called Keppie Design which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2004. Keppie's current managing director, David Stark, explores the development of the practice and its legacy of buildings across the West of Scotland and beyond, including the influential Mackintosh years. But this isn't just another dry book about buildings. It's also a tale of Victorian industrialists and their wealth and lifestyles; Kate Cranston and her famous tea rooms; and of other lesser-known architectural names such as John Keppie and Graham Henderson. From the white heat of Victorian economic activity and the resultant boom in the building of churches, charitable institutions and country villas, the story moves through more difficult years for the profession with a candour not often found in company histories. It is brought up to date with an examination of current trends and recent projects at a time when architecture is once again flourishing.

Artikelname: Collieries in the North Staffordshire Coalfield
Artikelbeschreibung: A photographic record of the mines and men of the North Staffordshire Coalfield, with many underground scenes in colour. Covers some 30 pits.

List price £19.95, Pennine Book price £12.99

Artikelname: Country Churchyards in Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: Churchyards are not mere collections of gravestones. They are nearly always older than the churches they surround and provide much evidence of social activities and local traditions when they were the community centres of the parishes.Which church is dedicated to seven sons born to a Pembrokeshire woman on the same day? Why are there huge churches in tiny hamlets? Where in Wales is a 9-acre village churchyard? Where are the steps in a churchyard wall to provide an easy route from the church to the tavern? These are a few of the strange questions answered in this book. Cock-fighting and Celtic crosses; dancing and sun-dials; prehistoric sites and the burial grounds of Welsh princes; games and lych gates; potent drinks and strange epitaphs - these are a few of the interesting things drawn to our attention. It also includes a personal choice of 130 churchyards described in detail with full directions on how to reach them. Enough to give you a taste of the different regions of Wales and hook your attention on these special places which are so valuable to anyone who has a sense of heritage and who can hear their tranquillity above the sounds of our modern world.

Artikelname: CWM GWYRFAI: The Quarries of the North Wales Narrow Gauge & The Welsh Highland Railways
Artikelbeschreibung: To mark the revival of the Welsh Highland Railway, two of the leading experts in the history of slate working in Wales, have come together to present a definitive account of the slate workings along its route and whose products the WHR's precursor, the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway carried. The authors have also included a brief account of these lines and of the many abortive schemes to bring railways to Gwyrfai and Nant Gwynant.

Artikelname: Delving in Dinorwig
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Dinorwig Slate Quarry remains a fascinating place.When it is realised that, in a slate quarry, as little as one seventh of the excavated rock would become a saleable product, it will be noted that the cost of removing the waste material became a major factor in the success or otherwise of a quarry. The author has examined various methods of accomplishing movement and removal. The various maps depicting the district are examined and commented on. Like similar quarries in North Wales, Dinorwig quarry was family owned and in this book the influence of the family on engine and race horse names is examined. Different transport systems are investigated and speculated on. The author has been fortunate in having ex Dinorwig employees as friends, and their contribution has been all important. In addition, the great, great nephew of Griffith Ellis the First, has discussed early planning ideas. Where appropriate, the author has included copies of original sketch maps from these sources.

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Artikelname: Dinorwic: The Llanberis Slate Quarry, 1780-1969
Artikelbeschreibung: The Dinorwic Quarry at Llanberis, now the home of the National Slate Museum and the Electric Mountain Visitor Centre, was once one of the largest slate quarries in the world. Today the scars of the terraces on the side of Elidir Fach and Elidir Fawr, along with the tips of slate waste, are silent testimony to the industrialisation of this beautiful north Wales valley. The quarry was once the major source of income for many communities, not only in the shadow of the mountain itself, but as far away as the east coast of the Isle of Anglesey from where many workmen travelled by boat and train every weekend to live in the spartan conditions of the quarry barracks.Slate quarrymen were a special breed of highly skilled workers who laboured in what would now been seen as appalling conditions in the face of the prevailing elements, forever running the risk of death, ill-health and serious injury. In this book, written nearly forty years after the closure of Dinorwic, the author has, for the first time, painted a portrait of the quarry itself, the men who worked there (be they managers, quarrymen or labourers) and the communities in which they lived.Many of the photographs have never previously been published and should be of interest to not only students of industrial archaeology but also to the former slate quarry workers and their families as well as to local and family historians. The section on transport will have a particular appeal to those interested in industrial railways.

Artikelname: Dorset Farmhouses & Cottages
Artikelbeschreibung: No buildings in Dorset enjoy greater affection or exert a stronger hold over the popular imagination than its farmhouses and cottages. As a celebration of vernacular craftsmanship, of architecture without architects (and planners), and of the skilled use of local materials, they are without equal. Some are thatched and timber-framed, others of cob, chalk or flint. Many are built with hand-made bricks, or with the limestones for which Dorset is famous. The earliest are medieval, whilst the Prince of Wales's urban 'village' of Pound bury - still twenty years from completion underlines the ways in which the traditional architecture of Dorset's farmhouses and cottages continues to shape the future character of the county.

Artikelname: Druid Tokens
Artikelbeschreibung: From the introduction
The comprehensive catalogue of eighteenth century trade tokens by Richard Dalton and Samuel Hamer between 1910 and 1917 has produced the main reference book to the subject. However, the amount of background material available to those eminent gentlemen was limited, mainly by time and distance, to earlier writings, notwithstanding the enormity of such a task. In 1954 Arthur W Waters of Royal Leamington Spa wrote his Supplementary and explanatory notes (which formed part of the title of Waters' work) on the Dalton and Hamer work. His comments and observations greatly added to the sum of knowledge about the series and many gaps were filled.......This study of Matthew Boulton's papers has revealed the history of trade tokens minted in Birmingham in the late 18th centuries for use in Anglesey.

Artikelname: East Anglian Village and Town Signs
Artikelbeschreibung: There are more decorative village and town signs in East Anglia than in any other region of Britain. They appear in a variety of styles and many of them are fine examples of gaily painted wood carving or wrought ironwork. Ranging through Norfolk and Suffolk, this new edition, illustrated throughout in colour, explains where the signs are and what they represent.

Artikelname: English Weathervanes: Their Stories and Legends from Medieval to Modern Times
Artikelbeschreibung: Weathervanes tend to play an unintrusive part in our lives,sometimes being taken for granted. English Weathervanes draws attention to their history, construction use and design. With 237 illustrations by the Author. This book is compiled as an introduction to weathervanes but is equally of interest to those with a passionate curiosity for the subject.

Artikelname: Farming and Forestry on the Western Front 1915-1919
Artikelbeschreibung: This fine collection of photographs from the First World War shows how the British army tried to reduce its imports of forage, food and timber by supplying itself from the French land.Murray Maclean describes the extensive wartime food needs of the army, how supplies were brought across the Channel and how they were distributed. Towards the end of the war the ad-hoc allotment activities of the troops became the inspiration for larger-scale attempts at farming. A wide range of farming activities including early tractors ploughing, horse-drawn binders and steam threshing are shown in the photographs that are fully captioned.
In the second part of the book Maclean turns his attention to forestry: to how the army’s inexhaustible demand for timber for trenches, roadways and accommodation was partly met by the activities of Canadian foresters in France.

Artikelname: Fife The Mining Kingdom
Artikelbeschreibung: This was one of our fastest selling books ever and rightly so. Besides being the definitive work on the history of mining in the Kingdom (the Kingdom of Fife that is), it is packed full of fantastic photographs covering all the mining areas of the county. There are two hundred or so illustrations, representing pits and communities including Longannet, Bowhill, Valleyfield, Comrie, Fordell, Blairenbathie, Lumphinnans, the Nelly, Glencraig, Dundonald, Lochore, Kinglassie, Star, Rothes, Seafield, the Michael, Wellesley and more. The coverage is very comprehensive geographically and there are also many pictures featuring other aspects of mining life - housing, bands, rescue teams, quoiting, football and so on.

Artikelname: Fragments of Mine & Mill in Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: Industry in Wales was not confined to the Coal, Steel and so on, of the south and of the north-east. Throughout the country mining, quarrying and manufacture formed "islands of industry in an agrarian sea".The wealth of relics they left us are now fast vanishing. This book is intended to be a record of some that have gone and some that are going, leavened with others which are still with us, but are odd or unexpected.

Artikelname: Fron-Goch and the Birth of the IRA
Artikelbeschreibung: For the first time we are able to examine the internment of almost 2,000 Irish Republicans - the first use of a concentration camp by the British for Irish political prisoners - from a Welsh as well as from an Irish perspective.

Artikelname: Great Western Corris
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If that which is lost can often acquire an air of enchantment with the passage of time; railways lines which have succumbed to 'progress' provide a good example.Devotees of the narrow-gauge constantly bemoan the loss of the Lynton & Barnstaple or Leek & Manifold lines in England, whilst in Wales the demise of the Corris Railway,constructed to serve the slate quarries of that area, is frequently recalled and regretted. Incorporated in 1858 and initially titled the Corris, Machynlleth & River Dovey Railway or Tramroad, it was worked at the outset by a combination of gravity and horse-power until steam locomotives took over when tlie tramroad was up-graded and adapted as a passenger carrying line in 1883. The life of this busy line came to an abrupt end on the morning of 23rd August, 1948, when the river Dyfi washed away part of the embankment.Great Western Corris concentrates upon the eighteen years or so when the line was administered from Paddington. It offers an authoritative, eyewitness account, which is well supported by a wealth of illustrations

Artikelname: Industrial Locomotives of the Lothians
Artikelbeschreibung: Industrial locomotives are still in use in the Lothians today - at the giant cement factory south of Dunbar - but this is the exception they are now more likely to be found on preserved lines or displayed in public parks. This history recalls an essential aspect of the region?s industrial heyday and features over fifty photographs from the 1950s with locations including many of the region?s pits, factories and works.

Artikelname: Industrial Railways of Manvers Main and Barnburgh Main
Artikelbeschreibung: A photo album of this Yorkshire coal mining complex, one of the biggest in the UK. Also includes track plans of the sites and a list of all the known locos.

Artikelname: Lanarkshire's Legendary Cinemas
Artikelbeschreibung: Cinemas in seventeen Lanarkshire towns are featured, ranging from glorified sheds (such as the Ritz in Lesmahagow) to art deco palaces and architectural flights of fantasy like the Windsor in Carluke. Some of these popular childhood haunts have survived (often as bingo halls), but many have been demolished. Pictures of the interiors reveal that cutting-edge styling often continued beyond the facade of these remarkable buildings.

Artikelname: Lanarkshire's Mining Legacy
Artikelbeschreibung: The combination of a fantastic collection of photographs and Guthrie Hutton's carefully researched captions have made Lanarkshire's Mining Legacy a resounding hit. As in his other mining works for Stenlake Publishing, the material covers a relatively wide spectrum, with many animated pictures showing the various aspects of life both down the pit and at home in Lanarkshire's mining communities. Some of the many locations featured, along with their mining connections, are: Garthamlock, Queenslie, Chapelhall, Longriggend, Ardenrigg mine, Barrachnie, Baillieston, Bredisholm Nos. 3 & 4, Viewpark colliery, Dalzell pit, The Camp colliery, Brachnal mine, Overtown, Newmains, Kingshill Nos. 1 & 2, Stane colliery, Dewshill pit, Hassockrigg pit, Muirhead pit, Wilsontown, Haywood, Tarbrax, Govan colliery, Blantyreferme colliery, Bardykes colliery, Priory colliery, Blantyre, Hamilton Palace, Eddlewood, Cadzow, Ferniegair colliery, Quarter, Canderrigg Nos. 4 & 5, Broomfield, Bellfield Pit, Auchlochan, Ponfeigh, Glentaggart mine, Leadhills, Cadder, Mavis Valley, Auchengeich, Glenboig, Bedlay and Cardowan.

Artikelname: Last Days of the Old Corris
Artikelbeschreibung: A fascinating collection of over 60 photographs with relevant captions portraying the last days of the Corris Railway Company and the steps taken in later years to re-run part of the route, compiled by a prolific historian of Welsh railways. 50 black-and- white and 4 colour photographs and 3 maps

Artikelname: Life in the Victorian Brickyards of Flintshire and Denbighshire
Artikelbeschreibung: Together with its sister industry in the colliery sector, the development of the brickworks throughout the Flintshire and Denbighshire of the Victorian era formed the commercial foundations upon which the district's modern-day prosperities have subsequently been founded. Very few people today know just how extensive the Brick and Terracotta Works became during this period; creating some of the most prestigious and successful clayware manufactories to be found anywhere within the British Isles. But the history of the brickworks is also one of the men who toiled at the kilns and in the clayholes , and their story is as colourful as any other of the period. Using newspaper stories and documents from those times, this book brings to life part of their story and as much attempts to entertain as well as to educate. The Victorian era witnessed the brickworks heydays, and this book therefore concentrates primarily upon those times, but also investigates the history of the Industry's decline and eventual demise in the 20th century.

Large heavy volume and P&P costs quoted reflect this fact.

Artikelname: Lifeboat Gallantry
Artikelbeschreibung: Since the foundation of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on 4 March 1824, just over 2,400 medals - gold, silver and, since 1917, bronze - have been awarded for gallantry in saving life from shipwreck.This is the first complete list of all such medals to be published, together with details of the services involved: from acts of individual heroism to the combined efforts of lifeboat crews: hours spent at sea to effect rescues in raging stonns and tempestuous seas: old men, young boys and women: incredible feats of endurance of men in rowing and sailing lifeboats before the advent of motor: the dangers of mines and aerial attacks in wartime: saving fishing fleets and board sailors.This is not only a book of reference but also a record of valiant deeds to make the reader realise just how many lives bave been saved because of the selfless efforts of those who have risked their own lives to rescue others from the sea.

List price for this book is £26.50.

Artikelname: Metal Mines of North Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: The mineral wealth of north Wales has been exploited since prehistoric times. Mines of lead, zinc, copper, gold, manganese and iron have all been worked at one time or another, but today only a few are still in operation. This book records these industries through the eye of the artist and the lens of the camera — many of the pictures have not previously been published. Each of the 105 pictures is supported by a detailed caption providing the background information and, where relevent, map references.

Artikelname: Midget Car Speedway
Artikelbeschreibung: In its early days motor racing was the preserve of the rich and glamorous. Drivers were likely to come from professional and wealthy backgrounds and spectators often liked to think of themselves as 'a cut above the rest'. During the 1920s and 1930s however; there was a gradual awakening of the fact that many people, not able to go to Brooklands or the other racecourses, were still interested in motor racing. For many, midget car racing was their first introduction to the sport.Originating in America, midget car racing soon took off in the UK with racetracks at Wembley, Southampton, Glasgow and Edinburgh and many points in between. In 1938, the sport came to Hanley and later Corbridge and from then on, the Potteries were to be at the forefront of Midget Car Speedway in Britain.Midget Car Speedway is a branch of motorsport that has been overlooked by many motor racing historians. Derek Bridgett's brilliantly illustrated history of the sport looks at the development of Midget Car Speedway before the Second World War; and in particular; the racing that took place in Staffordshire and Coventry.

Artikelname: Midlands Canals: History of the Canal Carriers
Artikelbeschreibung: This illustrated volume is exceptionally researched. Robert Davies has compiled interviews with boat people and the people who worked the inland waterways during the final decades of commercial canal carrying, capturing the flavour of this era. Often whole families worked on the great boats and lived in the tiny cabins at the back. Among the people interviewed are those who worked the narrow canals from London through the Midlands, to Stoke on Trent and Middlewich, and people who worked for big companies such as Grand Union Canal Carrying Co., as well as for the little George and Mathews. The book spans the 1930s-'60s, a time when transport technology saw huge changes, and looks issues such as the operating of ice boats and the use of horse power as well as the experiences of the people themselves.

Artikelname: Military Signals from the South Coast
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Artikelname: Mining - Ayrshire's Lost Industry:An Illustrated History of the Mines and Miners of Ayrshire and Upper Nithsdale
Artikelbeschreibung: This was the first of our illustrated mining histories to be published, and has been deservedly successful. In many ways mining is Scotland's ghost industry - many of its former settlements have virtually completely vanished - and Guthrie Hutton's researches for this book spanned the length and breadth of Ayrshire and Upper Nithsdale as he tracked down former miners and located pictures of long-lost pits. Among the many places/pits featured are Auchenharvie, Glenburn, Auchencruive, Drumley, Killoch, Polquhairn, Houldsworth, Pennyvenie, Minnivey, Mauchline, Highhouse, Barony, Kames, Afton, Knockshinnoch Castle, Fauldhead and Killochan. There are over 200 illustrations covering all aspects of mining life.

Artikelname: Mining from Kirkintilloch to Clackmannan & Stirling to Slamannan
Artikelbeschreibung: Packed with over two hundred illustrations, this is the fifth and latest book in the Stenlake mining series. Combined sales of the previous four volumes now exceed 10,000 copies. The somewhat unwieldy title reflects the spread-out nature of the area covered - the old counties of Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and East Dunbartonshire and the valleys of the Kelvin, the Bonny, the Forth and the Carron together with the Slamannan Plateau. More specifically mining in the following areas is featured - Baldernock, Kirkintilloch, Croy, Twechar, Auchenreoch, Kilsyth, Nethercroy, Dullatur, Denny, Bonnybridge, Redding, Shieldhill, Slamannan, Standburn, Maddiston, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Airth, Plean, Bannockburn, Cowie, Millhall, Fallin, Glenochil, Alloa, Sauchie, Tillicoultry, Dollar. Amongst the many collieries, pits and mines featured are Castlecary, Woodilee, Meiklehill, Gartshore, St Flannan's, Dumbreck, Gardrum, Polmaise, Manor-Powis, Devon, Sherriffyards and Bessie Glen. Also included are scenes of the communities themselves plus social and sporting activities such as local bands and football teams.

Artikelname: Mining in Cornwall: Camborne to Redruth
Artikelbeschreibung: Drawing on his extensive collection of old photographs, the author has selected some of the very best which covers the following mines: Carn Camborne, Dolcoath, New Dolcoath, Cooks Kitchen, Tincroft, Carn Brea, Barn Coose, Pednandrea, Wheal Union, Wheal Uny and Wheal Sparnon. There is also a section on the famous local firm of mining engineers - Holman Brothers.

Artikelname: Mining The Lothians
Artikelbeschreibung: Published in association with the Scottish Mining Museum, Mining the Lothians features many photographs drawn from the museum's excellent collection. Like our other mining books, this one runs the gamut of mining life, featuring everything from colliery construction shots to the demolition by explosion of Monktonhall colliery's winding towers. Elsewhere there are mines rescue teams, colliery bands, miners' rows, aerial ropeways, football and cricket teams, pug locomotives, coal cutters and female coal pickers. Several pages are devoted to the West Lothian shale mining industry. Some of the sites featured are: Carriden, Kinneil colliery, Westrigg, Woodend pit, Easton pit, Riddochhill, Whitrigg pit, Polkemmet, Greenrigg colliery, East Benhar, Woodmuir, Longlea, Cuthill mine, Addiewell, Burngrange, Westwood, Seafield village, Roman Camp oilworks, Niddry Castle oilworks, Pumpherston, the Ramsay pit, Bilston Glen, Roslin, Rosewell, Lady Victoria colliery, Easthouses, Emily pit, Gore pit, Vogrie, Elphinstone, Macmerry, Prestonlinks, Prestongrange, Wallyford, Carberry, Smeaton, Gilmerton, Newcraighall, Woolmet and Monktonhall.

Artikelname: Mining, Ayrshire's Lost Industry: An Illustrated History of the Mines and Miners of Ayrshire and Upper Nithsdale
Artikelbeschreibung: In many ways mining is Scotland's ghost industry - many of its former settlements have virtually completely vanished - and Guthrie Hutton's researches for this book spanned the length and breadth of Ayrshire and Upper Nithsdale as he tracked down former miners and located pictures of long-lost pits. Among the many places and pits featured are Auchenharvie, Glenburn, Auchencruive, Drumley, Killoch, Polquhairn, Houldsworth, Pennyvenie, Minnivey, Mauchline, Highhouse, Barony, Kames, Afton, Knockshinnoch Castle, Fauldhead and Killochan. There are over 200 illustrations covering all aspects of mining life.

Artikelname: Moston Colliery Manchester - A Victorian Super-Pit
Artikelbeschreibung: Moston was an early 19th century pit, which was flooded, quite dramatically but without loss of life to the men, boys or horses that were working underground at the time. Messrs Platts of Oldham, the textile machinery makers, who needed coke for their iron works, sank a new pit and at the time, it was one of the most modern in the Manchester coalfield, with state-of-the-art shafts and machinery. At the time of Nationalisation, in 1947, it was thought that Moston had nearly 100 years of life, but it closed in 1950 because of steeply inclined seams. This is the story of a typical Manchester Colliery, one of many pits, which are now virtually forgotten. Where hundreds of people worked and where hundreds of thousands of tons of coal left in the coal trains, now there is nothing to see; just the memories of a few ex-miners and their families. The author's father worked his way up from being a hewer of coal to an Overman of the pit. He took his son underground with him on the occasional weekend, kindling an interest, which he has retained all his life. The colliery, situated near to Oldham was only two miles from Manchester City centre, closing in June 1950 after 130 years activity, ending up nearly 2,000 feet deep. It covers the production; history of the company; social conditions in the pit; the ponies and pit cat (the rat catcher) and details of the near disaster when the pit was inundated with water in 1884. The pit's history must be similar to many others but research over the years has brought to life once more this important employer and provider of work, long gone and almost forgotten.

List price £14.99 , Pennine Books price £8.99.

Artikelname: Mother Clap's Molly House; the gay subculture in England 1700-1830
Artikelbeschreibung: This pioneering historical study is the first comprehensive chronicle of the English gay community at its eighteenth century roots, sporting for the first time a distinctive subculture with its 'molly houses', 'sodomites' walks', 'maiden names' and gay slang. Rictor Newton's research into trial records and contemporary documents establishes a vital cornerstone for the reconstruction of gay history.Challenging in its demonstration that the molly subculture was primarily a working-class community of blacksmiths, milkmen, publicans and shopkeepers, Mother Clap's Molly House also records the exuberant lives of personalities such as Charles Hitchin the 'thief-taker', the dramatists Samuel Foote and Isaac Bickerstaff, William Beckford of Fonthill, and Rev. John Church, prosecuted for his blessing of gay marriages. All these are set against a backdrop of persecution, blackmail and the pillory. And yes, 'Mother Clap's' actually was the name of a prominent molly house!

Artikelname: Mother Clap's Molly House; the gay subculture in England 1700-1830
Artikelbeschreibung: This pioneering historical study is the first comprehensive chronicle of the English gay community at its eighteenth century roots, sporting for the first time a distinctive subculture with its 'molly houses', 'sodomites' walks', 'maiden names' and gay slang. Rictor Newton's research into trial records and contemporary documents establishes a vital cornerstone for the reconstruction of gay history.Challenging in its demonstration that the molly subculture was primarily a working-class community of blacksmiths, milkmen, publicans and shopkeepers, Mother Clap's Molly House also records the exuberant lives of personalities such as Charles Hitchin the 'thief-taker', the dramatists Samuel Foote and Isaac Bickerstaff, William Beckford of Fonthill, and Rev. John Church, prosecuted for his blessing of gay marriages. All these are set against a backdrop of persecution, blackmail and the pillory. And yes, 'Mother Clap's' actually was the name of a prominent molly house!

Artikelname: Old Letter Boxes
Artikelbeschreibung: Pillar boxes were first introduced into Britain at the instigation of Anthony Trollope, the novelist, who was also a Post Office Surveyor. Nowadays the red postbox is a familiar sight in city street and country lane alike. Although many are very ordinary, some types, such as those that survive from the 1850s, are understandably rare. Because of their sturdy cast-iron construction British letter boxes are very long-lasting, and examples of virtually every type from Queen Victoria's reign onwards can still be found, which makes the British Isles particularly rich in this aspect of our heritage. Surprisingly, whilst some nineteenth century boxes are relatively common, some modem ones, remnants of unsuccessful experiments, are much less frequently found. Pillar boxes, wall boxes of various kinds, lamp boxes and other non-standard specimens are included in this survey. The book ranges from the Channel Islands, where pillar boxes were first introduced in 1852, to Scotland which has had its own design of letter boxes since the queens accession in 1952, and from the heart of London.

Artikelname: Out of Town: a life relived on television
Artikelbeschreibung: For twenty-five years Jack Hargreaves's television programme 'Out of Town' gained him an immense following for its glorious mixture of rural ways and country life.Jack's farming background and deep understanding of country life are entertainingly evoked. There are affectionate and often moving portraits of his mother and the 'Old Man'. Field sports and rural skills are brought vividly to life. His memories of the people, places and animals that were later to shape his broadcasts are certain to appeal to all those who share his love of the English countryside - which at heart means every English man and woman.

I also have the companion volume to this book on "The Old Country".

Artikelname: Pembrokeshire the Forgotten Coalfield
Artikelbeschreibung: Pembrokeshire coal mining began in the 13th century and lasted until 1951. This book gives a detailed overview of this long history. It includes transportation - by land and sea and social history of the work force, who often suffered poverty at the expense of the royalty owners.

Artikelname: Pigs and Ingots; The Lead/Silver Mines of Cardiganshire
Artikelbeschreibung: This photographic survey of the lead and silver mines of Cardiganshire also gives a history of the mines & miners. It provides an insight into a neglected industry that was vital to the economy of Wales and England at the turn of the century.

Artikelname: Scottish Loch and Canal Steamers
Artikelbeschreibung:

Ever since William Syrnington built the first steam boat on Dalswinton Loch in Dumfries, and sailed the Charlotte Dundas along the Forth & Clyde Canal
in 1803, Scotland has been at the forefront of steam-boat technology. With its myriad lochs and rivers, communication in parts of Scotland has only been facilitated by water travel, and steam and motor ships and boats have been a regular sight on many lochs and on the canals. Scottish Loch & Canal Steamers looks at the many pleasure steamers and motor vessels used on Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Loch Katrine, Loch Earn, the Lake of Menteith and many other sea and freshwater Lochs, as well as on the Forth & Clyde, Union, Monkland and Caledonian Canals. Alistair Deayton brings together for the first time many unpublished images with an informative text and tells the story of the development of passenger services on Scotland's lochs and inland waterways.

Artikelname: Slate Quarrying in Corris
Artikelbeschreibung: The new information in this fresh edition takes forward and updates the sadly no longer ongoing story of this most interesting and innovative of welsh slate regions.It escaped the worst of the disputes and confrontations so endemic elsewhere, but its men faced the same dangers and their families the same hardships as in the better-known slate districts. Although Corris outputs were never great and its Years of real prosperity few,it was for five hundred years and more a fascinating microcosm of the industry and indeed of the wider world.

Artikelname: Slate Quarrying in Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: Slate Quarrying in Wales follows the fortunes and misfortunes of a great industry, from its earliest beginnings up to the present day. An industry which created proud communities and a whole unique way of life. It examines the growth of enterprises which enriched some entrepreneurs and beggared others. It describes the various techniques by which the rock was, and still is, wrestled from the ground and converted into saleable product.It looks at the railways, the ports and the ships whereby the slate was brought to the markets of the world.It presents an account of the conditions under which men once toiled for scant reward, many suffering disease, disablement or death. It is dedicated to all those who were, or still are, involved in this arduous calling.

Artikelname: Slate Regions of North and Mid Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: Based on extensive new research, this book deals region by region with the localities in northern and central Wales where men, once numbered in many thousands, toiled on barren inhospitable hillsides winning and fashioning recalcitrant rock.It provides a brief account of the 600 or so sites, many previously unrecorded, which form a heritage of this great and unique industry. At some huge workforces brought wealth to owners, at others tiny partnerships struggled, often futilely, to provide sustenance for their families.It also puts into context the almost 40 Tramways and Railways which carried their products on journeys which often ended in the furthest parts of the world. Lines which varied from ramshackle, little tracks to the magnificent Ffestiniog Railway. All not only played a vital role in the Industry's development but also made Wales a world leader in Narrow Gauge technology. |<>P Out of stock, awaiting re-print of this title

Artikelname: Small Mines of South Wales Vol 2
Artikelbeschreibung: A survey of another 34 of the little private coal mines in Wales. Also includes an appendix listing all known mines in the period 1980 - 1997.

Artikelname: Small Mines of South Wales Vol.1
Artikelbeschreibung:

A photo survey of some of the little private coal mines of South Wales. Covers 32 mines, with a map of the area, and a sketch plan of each site.

NOW OUT OF PRINT BUT  I CAN USUALLY OBTAIN USED COPIES ON REQUEST

Artikelname: South Wales Collieries: Mardy Collieries
Artikelbeschreibung: This collection of over 200 images encompasses the village of Maerdy and the Mardy No.1 and No.2 and No.3 and No4 Collieries.Full of archive photographs and other ephemera, from payslips to certificates and tickets, this fascinating selection illustrates working life in and around these famous collieries. David Owen tells the story of disasters such as the explosion at Mardy No.1 and No.2 Colliery on 23 December 1885, which claimed the lives of eighty-one men and boys, as well as the happier days and shared experiences of the characters who worked in the mines.

Artikelname: The Botanists and Guides of Snowdonia
Artikelbeschreibung: This is an account of the botanical exploration of Snowdonia from the early period when the Herbalists and Apothecaries conducted 'simpling voyages' into the countryside to gather plants for medicinal uses, up until the Victorian era by which time botany had developed into a separate science. In order to constitute such a study it is necessary to link the subjects of history and botany, and this reveals an impressive group of local botanists and travellers who have contributed very materially to the advancement of our knowledge of the flora of the mountains of Eryri. The local guides played a major part in the progress of the study for it was they who led the botanists to the habitats of the rare plants. This book gives an interesting account of the characters involved, and also of the plants which they found during an era when the 'plant hunters' walked the mountains of Snowdonia.

Artikelname: The Canal Builders
Artikelbeschreibung: Just over 250 years ago a revolution started in the UK that was to make it the powerhouse of the world. The Industrial Revolution saw the growth of the town, altered trade patterns and of the first proper transport system in the country. From the first river navigations to the building of some of the most impressive canals, Anthony Burton looks at the men who made Britain 'Great', those first pioneers of the industrial age. Without the new canals it is unlikely that Britain would have become industrialised just so quickly and a few men like Thomas Telford, William Jessop and James Brindley were responsible for most of the first canals. First published in 1969, this revised edition is the definitive history of Britain's canals and the men who made them.

Artikelname: The Coal Industry in the Llynfi Valley
Artikelbeschreibung: This book traces the development of the coal industry in the Llynfi Valley, looking at its unique geological characteristics, its association with the entrepreneurs, Col, John North and Sir Alfred lones, the changing social history of the district in the Victorian era - the truck system, law and order and health - and the industrial disputes and international events that influenced the growth of the industry and the careers of the two entrepreneurs, The book also considers the human costs of the expansion with accounts of the major mining accidents in the district. With a fully illustrated account or the seven major collieries in the area, including over one hundred photographs, maps and diagrams, this is an in-depth local study which also takes a wide view, looking at broader aspects of industrial history and the social consequences or industrial decline.This book will he or interest to anybody living in the Llynfi Valley and the Bridgend area, and to those with an interest in the South Wales Coalfield and collieries, as well as students of industrial history.

Artikelname: The Coracle
Artikelbeschreibung: The coracle - a keel-less, skin or leather-covered vessel, once widely used on all Welsh rivers and beyond - may be traced back to the sea-going and river boats described by Pliny, Caesar and other Roman writers. When coracles were commonplace on Welsh rivers, each one had a special design, and the customs and practices associated with their use varied tremendously. Today, coracles are limited to three rivers where fishing is legally permitted the south-western rivers of Teifi, Tywi and Taf. The interest shown in the coracle by many people from all parts of Wales and beyond led to the establishment of The Coracle Society in 1990. The first inaugural president of the society was Dr J. Geraint Jenkins, the author of this volume.

Artikelname: The Countrymans Steam Manual
Artikelbeschreibung: John Haining forsook his father's farm to serve an apprenticeship in steam when it was still. the predominant source of power in the countryside. An apprentice's life was a hard one in those days but the hard work and strict training stood him in good stead and led on to further valuable experience gained in the drawing and design offices of Cammell Laird Ltd, Joseph Adamson the boilermakers of Hyde and Sentinel of Shrewsbury Ltd.For nearly thirty years, John Haining has contributed a vast range of designs and constructional articles to the pages of Model Engineer; These have covered types and sizes of engines and machines of the road and countryside and, to the delight of many readers, also the implements with which they worked. The latter have ranged from ploughs of all types to cider scratter mills, elevators and thrashing machines to name but a few, and the monthly "Countryman's Steam" feature has always been a welcome and versatile change of scene from the railway locomotive. As a technical consultant to Model Engineer, the author has built up an enviable reputation for the extent of his knowledge and the immense trouble he takes to reply fully and clearly to readers' queries and problems.The first "Countryman's Steam" Manual was published in 1982 and was written to expound on some of the problems encountered by engine owners, both in full size and also in smaller scale work. This new and enlarged edition has been written extended to cover more fully the design, construction and care of steel boilers in general, with formulae and data used by firms of repute. An extra chapter has been included covering the author's designs of three vertical boilers -the Sentinel, the Caradoc and a 3 inch scale version.This book is highly recommended to both beginners and experts alike.

Artikelname: The Ecton Copper Mines Under the Dukes of Devonshire, 1760-1790
Artikelbeschreibung: A new study of one of the most profitable and deepest mines of its era. Based upon thousands of previously unused documents, it covers work at the mine, Whiston smelter, Kingsley & Fox Wood collieries; social conditions; roads and transportation. It includes how the Duke's finances recovered from the mines failure and is a fascinating study of how our forefathers and mothers lived and worked.

List price £19.95, Pennine Book price £9.99

Artikelname: The Golden Age of Brymbo Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: In this book packed with personal anecdotes, two brothers with a love of steam railways share Brymbo's rise as a power in the steel industry and enjoy the village's close community spirit. Their account describes how the GWR, the lNWR and lNER (Great Central) brought their rails to Brymbo to fight for its industrial wealth and how local industry respr'led to economic changes in their lifetime. It doesn't describe how Hugh hitched a ride in the cab of a steam hauled mixed train between Mwanza and Tabora on the East African Railways in the 1950'S and brought the train safely into the station after the driver collapsed at the controls. Perhaps that might feature in their next book...

Artikelname: The Gunpowder Industry
Artikelbeschreibung: This book outlines the history of gunpowder manufacture from its development as a propellant in the fourteenth century to its eclipse by high explosives. A number of gunpowder mills can still be identified and some are now preserved and interpreted for the visitor.

Artikelname: The Industrial Past of Dorset
Artikelbeschreibung: One of the delights of a rural county like Dorset is its mix of traditional small-scale industries, many based on natural resources. Stone quarrying is the best known, but other minerals to be worked include clay and iron ore. Limeburning, brick and cement-making, potteries and foundries have left their mark on the landscape, as have brewing, corn milling, textiles and rope, twine and nets. Methods of transport and service industries have also contributed to the county's industrial heritage. Detailed introductions are provided to each main section, followed by a choice of sites of which something of interest remains and can still be enjoyed today.

Artikelname: The Industrial Railways of St.Helens, Widnes & Warrington Vol 1 St.Helens
Artikelbeschreibung: In 1991-95 Runpast Publishing produced a series of four books on the industrial railways of the Lancashire coalfield. This book is a continuation of the series in the same style, by two of the original authors, but is now published by the IRS.

Artikelname: The Industrial Railways of St.Helens, Widnes & Warrington Vol 2
Artikelbeschreibung: Latest in this definitive series on the industrial railways of the St Helens region. Includes a special section on Pilkington Brother's narrow gauge sandpit railways.

Artikelname: The Iron Industry of the Forest of Dean
Artikelbeschreibung: From prehistoric times until late in the twentieth century iron was vital to the livelihood of those who lived and worked in the Forest of Dean. Indeed, the iron produced there was vital to the national economy from the Roman period to the early nineteenth century. The subsequent association of the Forest with coal mining has overshadowed this rich heritage and the full story remains untold until now.This book explores the numerous facets of the iron industry in the Forest of Dean including topics such as: techniques and processes involved in iron production, the evolution of iron making technology, changing uses for iron and information on the key individuals involved.The use of a wide range of sources, both archaeological and historical, ensures that the full set of events is presented in an enjoyable and accessible format. The account is completed with a series of appendices providing details and illustrations of key sites relating to this part of the Forest's industrial past.

Artikelname: The Llyn Peninsula Mines/Mwyngloddio Ym Mhen Llyn
Artikelbeschreibung: An illustrated history of the mangenese mines and the men who worked them, on the Llyn Peninsular in North wales. The book has a section in English and one in Welsh.

Artikelname: The Manchester Ship Canal: The Big Ditch
Artikelbeschreibung: The history of the MSC can be traced to the Stone Age. When the MSC was being constructed in the 1880s, dug out canoes were discovered at two locations throughout its length, where a river previously existed. The owners of these canoes could not have had any direct bearing on the canal as it is today, but the discovery may indicate that the importance of the rivers Mersey and Irwell was recognised when mankind was in its infancy. This book provides a history and guide to the Inland Waterways System around Manchester, chartering their development from ancient beginnings, to their importance in the Industrial Revolution, to current redevelopment projects.

Artikelname: The Mines of Devon
Artikelbeschreibung: This book is the most comprehensive account of the county's exploitation of Copper, Tin, Arsenic, Maganese, Iron and other Minerals since early times. Written by the leading authority on mining history in the West Country.

Artikelname: The Mould Tragedy of 1869
Artikelbeschreibung: The Mold Riot of June 1869, resulting in the death of four people altered the way that the British Army dealt with public insurrection thereafter. Jenny and Mike Griffiths seek to show how local colliers, who were justly defending their rights, were badly treated and condemned by the local ruling aristocracy, who as Magistrates were openly biased against the local colliers. The subsequent inquest into the four dead, shot by the army, was equally biased against the colliers. One of those shot, Margaret Younghusband 19 years, from Chester was just an innocent bystander. But it was her death above all others that was the catalyst for change in Army procedure and the advent of many local constabularies. Much of the information published in this book has never before been published. The book highlights a very important event in Welsh history that is sadly not given sufficient publicity in modern society. The colliers may have gone but the stories remain.

Artikelname: The Old Bridges of Dorset
Artikelbeschreibung: Dorset's bridges mark key points in the county's network of communications, forming a rich architectural legacy that is all too often overlooked. Yet few other structures illustrate the skill of the stonemason and civil engineer in fitting structure to purpose in so pleasing a manner. Many enjoy beautiful settings and are visually attractive. Some carry Dorset's busiest roads or railways, others belong to the age of the packhorse and now link quiet lanes deep in the countryside. Those selected span 800 years, from the Middle Ages to the present, and range from the simple stone arch to bridges once regarded as being at the building technology.

Artikelname: The Old Country
Artikelbeschreibung: Once again the Old Man and the other characters that made Out of Town so delightful are brought back to life in this second portrait of country life. Jack Hargreaves's knowledge of life as it was lived in the English countryside fifty years ago makes him the ideal guide to its past and the uncertain future it now faces. As always, Jack's robust sense of humour enlivens his writing on poaching, fishing and the world of the river, haymaking, woodmen, field sports and the people and way of life that have given the countryside its character.

I also have the companion volume to this book on "Out of Town".

Artikelname: The Oldham Coalfield
Artikelbeschreibung: These pits are very old and the author has researched his subject using a variety of sources, from the newspaper reports of the day, and evidence from the "Report on Child Labour in the Coal Mines 1841", to some field studies and statistics from the lists of mines as well as old photographs and maps. Accompanied by informative text, it is a lasting record of the Oldham Coalfield.

Artikelname: The Peat Railways of Thorne and Hatfield Moors
Artikelbeschreibung: Thorne and Hatfield Moors are located in Yorkshire, to the east of Doncaster and south of Goole. Peat working has been undertaken in the area for hundreds of years, starting with localised cutting for home fires and small scale trade. An organised industry then developed, with half a dozen principal works selling mainly peatbased animal litter; whilst the present day mechanised industry produces horticultural compost at the two remaining modern works. Narrow gauge railways have been used for over one hundred years to transport peat from moors to mill and this book tells the story; with a historical survey; 143 photographs, and 17 specially drawn maps.

Artikelname: The Pit Brow Women of the Wigan Coalfield
Artikelbeschreibung: This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the female colliery surface workers, or pit brow women, of the Wigan coalfield. The numbers of women working in mines grew rapidly after the Industrial Revolution. The practice continued until the Children's Employment Commission of 1842 outlawed women working below ground, leading to many families suffering huge losses of earnings. In Lancashire, many women soon started working on the colliery surface, grading the coal on conveyors or acting as general labourers, and the Wigan Coalfield employed more than any other area.There was enormous interest in these remarkable women, fostered by illustrated newspapers from the 1840s onwards. From the 1860s, Cambridge academic AJ. Munby turned his attention to the women and his detailed diaries form an important part of this study. The women themselves remain a fascinating and unique feature of both local and industrial history.

Artikelname: The Quiet Waters By (Working Waterways Series)
Artikelbeschreibung: The Quiet Waters By, the seventh book in the 'Working Waterways' series, describes the colourful experiences of a young man who worked as a Thames lock-keeper, while also running a narrow-boat carrying company. His recollections of the Thames Conservancy, Salters' Steamers, and taking the Skinners to the reopening of the Stratford-on-Avon Canal vividly recapture the waterway scene in the early 1960s.

Artikelname: The Slate Quarries of Pembrokeshire
Artikelbeschreibung: This book, the first comprehensive published study of Slate Quarrying in South West Wales, sets out to provide a brief account of this once important industry and the railways which served it. It identifies and describes almost one hundred sites in Pembrokeshire, southern Cardiganshire and western Carmarthenshire, with historical accounts of the larger undertakings.

Artikelname: The Slate Railways of Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: Starting with the Penrhyn Railway of 1801, this book traces the chronology of slate-related railways and tramways throughout Wales.Some lines arose out of need, others out of greed, until in all about 100 route miles were dedicated to the carrying of slate with probably a further 200 miles vying to do so with varying success.Apart from enabling a great industry to prosper, they brought the benefits of rail connection to some of the remotest parts of Wales, many of which would have been ignored by the railway entrepreneurs.

Artikelname: The Stroudwater Navigation
Artikelbeschreibung: Personal reminiscences, legal documents, census returns, illustrations, photographs, maps, plans and poetry are all used to record the role played by the canal in the social history of the region.

Artikelname: The Thatchers Craft
Artikelbeschreibung: The Thatcher's Craft

Artikelname: The Thirsty Dragon;Welsh Brewing and Distilling
Artikelbeschreibung: Wales and beer have always enjoyed a love-hate relationship.To many of our bards it was their life-blood, but during the Great War, Lloyd George announced that Wales had three enemies: the Germans, the Austrians, and strong drink. Of the three, strong drink was the worst. The chapel patriarchs of the temperance movement agreed. Yet it was a minister of religion who founded the Buckley brewing dynasty, and there is good reason to believe that the man who taught Arthur Guinness to brew was a Welsh priest. Today, only two major brewers remain in Wales, but our brewing heritage lives on, because when the Saxons invaded our land they also stole our beer, At least thcy showed good taste. Welsh Ale was recognised throughout the British Isles as being the best. This book traces the history of brewing in Wales and also touches on the making of mead, cider and whisky. So, iechyd da! Have a good read.

COPIES ALSO AVAILABLE IN WELSH

Artikelname: The Tramways and Railways of John Knowles (Wooden Box Ltd)
Artikelbeschreibung: In many ways Knowles was typical of the better Victorian clay products works. It was, however, its use of steam locomotives on tracks of two different gauges, set in a context of fiery kilns, steam winding engines and smoke blackened buildings, which delighted the eye of the railway enthusiast.Fortunately the spectacle was well photographed and this, together with research and the authors' memories, has enabled the Industrial Railway Society to publish this history of the works' railways and tramways some thirty years after their closure. Within these pages the reader will discover something of the importance of such railways in an era now vanished.

Artikelname: The Wigan Coalfield
Artikelbeschreibung: Through documents, the Wigan area can trace its coal mining activities as far back as 650 years, and for a brief spell in the late nineteenth century Wigan itself was proudly known as 'Coalopolis'. Mining machinery such as ventilation fans, winding engines, air compressors, pumps and haulage engines were manufactured around Wigan, the products of Worsley Mesnes Ironworks, Woods & Sons or Walker Brothers. The closure of the Bickershaw, Golborne and Parsonage mining complex in 1992, however, brought to an end the Wigan Coalfield's great era. Over 700 million tons of coal have been produced in the Wigan coalfield over the last 600 years, while a similar amount still lies below the ground. The recent ill advised rush to wipe out all trace of the British coal industry has temporarily closed the mines of the Wigan area, and sadly thousands of men with the specialist skills peculiar to the industry have found themselves without a career. The photographs in the compilation have been carefully selected from the collections of the Lancashire Mining Museum, Wigan Heritage Centre, and the Donald Anderson/Tony France Archive. It is a book that will provide an intriguing insight into the lives and working conditions of Wigan area miners, and is a testament to the region and its proud coal mining legacy.

I also have the companion volume by the same author in stock "The Pit Brow of the Wigan Coalfield"

Artikelname: Traditional Cheesemaking in Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: Cheese has been made in Wales for centuries, and both old and new varieties have achieved international renown. Traditional Cheesemaking in Wales traces the history of cheesemaking from its early development, through the rise and decline of the creameries or factories, to the resurgence of farmhouse cheese. Along the way the author describes the cheesemaking process, the role of women, the growth and decline of education and training, and regulation. The volume also includes a comprehensive directory of present-day cheesemakers in Wales.

Artikelname: Traditional fishing in Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: This volume deals with one of man's earliest methods of feeding himself and his family and discusses various aspects of the craft. From fishing by hand to netting with coracles; from rod-fishing to illegal poaching and using baskets and weirs, this volume leads us through the various traditional methods of fishing in rivers, lakes and in the sea around Wales mainly.

Artikelname: Traditional Spoon Carving in Wales
Artikelbeschreibung: By now, the lovespoon has become one of the representative images of Wales, a unique emblem of the culture. There's nothing like it anywhere else in the world. Every year, thousands of visitors take home with them examples of the lovespoon, and every year the lovespoon enjoys a prominent position in Welsh weddings. To tell the story of the lovespoon, this book starts with its humble older sister, the domestic spoon. Long before knives and forks were used for eating, and long before the availability of metal spoons, carved wooden spoons were in wide use, and their manufacture was a major occupation in the Welsh countryside. The craft of domestic spoonmaking developed into that of the lovespoon, and the author details the different styles that emerged, explains some of the symbolism of the designs, describes the woodworking craft from start to finish, and traces the growth, decline and rebirth of this uniquely Welsh craft tradition.

Artikelname: Troubled Waters (Working Waterways Series)
Artikelbeschreibung: In this book the author describes the Ministry of War Transport scheme under which women 'off the land' were recruited to crew canal boats. Writing many years later, Margaret Cornish was able to give a more balanced description of this scheme than earlier writers.

Artikelname: Twenty Years Down the Mines
Artikelbeschreibung: A first hand account of the everyday work and woes in this now all but disappeared industry - deceptively ordinary, but you can almost taste the dust. Ian's account of his working life will strike a chord with thousands of ex-miners and bring to life the day to day trials and tribulations of the mining industry. The mines featured in the book are Cardowan, Seafield, and the ill-fated Rothes.

Artikelname: Victorian Slate Mining
Artikelbeschreibung: Slate was to North Wales what coal was to the South. Its extraction and transport created entire communities, with a network of roads and railways to connect mines and quarries to new harbours, from whence the world's finest roofing material could be shipped across the globe. We know the Romans used some slate at Caernarfon and there was medieval use of slate roofs in Conwy. However, it was the Industrial Revolution, and the need for something better than thatch to roof the countless terraces of new houses sprouting around the factories, that prompted the proper exploitation of Welsh slate.This study is based upon the 1893-94 investigation by a Government Departmental Committee appointed to investigate the conditions in the slate mines of North Wales, and it incorporates photographs specially commissioned by the Home Office from pioneering underground photographer J.C.Burrow.

List price £15.95, Pennine Book price £9.99

Artikelname: Wales at War
Artikelbeschreibung: People living in Wales during the Second World War have a fascinating tale to tell and in Wales at War Phil Carradice interviews people from all walks of life about their experiences. School children, evacuees, Home Guard, Land Army Girls, factory workers, Bevin Boys, soldiers, conscientious objectors and prisoners of war are all featured.

Artikelname: War on the Line:The Southern Railway in World War 2
Artikelbeschreibung: The Southern Railway achieved remarkable transport feats after Dunkirk and suffered dreadfully in the Blitz, but its greatest wartime undertaking was the movement of supplies of the Normandy landing. All this and more is recounted in detail in this reprint of the 1946 official story of the Southern in war-time.

Stations and Railway Locations covered:
Ashford Works
Brighton Works
Charing Cross
Deepdene House
Dover Marine
Eastleigh Works
Feltham Yard
Horsham
London Bridge SB
London Road Brighton
Ludgate Hill
New Malden
Portsmouth & Southsea
Portsmouth Harbour SB
Redbridge
Redhill
Southampton Docks
Southwark
Tulse Hill
Waterloo

Artikelname: Welsh Cattle Drovers
Artikelbeschreibung: This is the revised and updated 2nd edition published in 2006.The book tells the history of the transportation of Livestock from Wales into English towns and cities until the mid 1800s. This is not just a story about the movement of cattle. Towns grew up along the drovers' roads. The practice of buying cattle and selling them on delivery, was a safe way of moving money about. One drover set up the Black Ox Bank which Lloyds bought about 80 years ago.

Artikelname: Welsh Slate Crafts
Artikelbeschreibung: Slate was the most Welsh of industries. Welshmen won the rock and crafted the product using methods developed in Wales and machines devised and made in Wales. Welshmen carried the slate using rail technologies created in Wales. Welshman built and manned the ships that carried the slate to every part of the world. From harsh mountain industrial fastnesses there emerged not just a product but a whole proud and cultured way of life where a poet is honoured above a prince and a starving man might 'sooner buy books than bread.

Artikelname: Yorkshire's Last Days of Colliery Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: The follow-up to Scotland's Last Days of Colliery Steam sees Tom Heavyside move south of the border to remember Yorkshire mining in its heyday before strikes and eventual destruction, and to recall an aspect of the industry that is all but forgotten today. The book features 59 immaculate photographs, gives a full history of steam in the county's mining industry, and comes with acres of technical information that will and inform and delight all steam enthusiasts.