Artikelname: A Blackmore Vale Childhood
Artikelbeschreibung: Hilary Townsend was born in the Blackmore Vale, and lives there still, and this account of her childhood evokes a way of life that has vanished without trace. Her memories are sharply observed, breathing life into her descriptions of the deep dairy farming countryside of the Vale and the small market town of Stalbridge, then the centre of her world.It was a remote place where change was slow, thrift was ingrained and the agricultural depression meant hard times for almost everyone. Yet the author's delight in the simplest of pleasures, and her boundless interest in everything around her, people as well as places, viewed against the seasonal backcloth of Dorset life at its most sturdy and independent, gives this account of growing-up in the 1930's its freshness and appeal.

Artikelname: Dorset Bridges
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: 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: Dorset's Lost Railways
Artikelbeschreibung: Another in our series of Lost Railways titles which will eventually cover all of the counties of Britain. Features more than 50 very rare period photographs of Dorset's stations and railways which once upon a time were busy with tourists arriving on steam locomotives from all over England. Features photographs of Weymouth, Verwood, Lyme Regis, Swanage, Abbotsbury, Bridport, and many other locations.

Artikelname: Poole Past and Present
Artikelbeschreibung: This absorbing collection of photographs, containing many rare and unpublished images of Poole, illustrates the changes that have been seen in this picturesque seaside town as it has evolved over the years. Featuring scenes from work and home life to the town centre and the harbour, "Poole Past & Present" presents archive photographs alongside modern images taken from the same viewpoint. Accompanied by informative captions, this title will interest both long-time residents and new visitors to the town. Compiled by the authors of two previous books about the town, both long-term residents of Poole who have witnessed many of the changes for themselves, this volume will evoke feelings of nostalgia in all who know and love this area of Dorset.

Artikelname: Purbeck, the ingrained island
Artikelbeschreibung: The paperback edition of one of the most acclaimed books on the English landscape to have been published in recent years, and already regarded as a modern classic.

"A remarkable book, as unlike a conventional guide book as could be, yet packed with all the information a guide should offer. Written in immaculate prose, tightly knit, every word made to tell. The range of information is wide, the 'feel' of a place of history and mystery, toil and trouble, beauty and past brutality, tellingly conveyed."

Artikelname: Sherbourne and Milbourne Port
Artikelbeschreibung: This collection of over 200 old photographs of Sherborne and its near neighbour Milborne Port show in fascinating detail some of the many changes that have taken place in the life and appearance of these two communities over a period of about one hundred years. All aspects of life are shown, including people at work and play, at school and at church. The traditional local industry of glove making, common to both Sherborne and Milborne Port, is shown in its heyday along with a diversity of other activities that largely self contained communities used to be involved in, including baking the bread, farming the land, eating-for the horses and delivering the milk.

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: Tyneham, a lost heritage
Artikelbeschreibung: Tyneham, the classic portrait of Dorset's most famous village.The Elizabethan manor house of Tyneham was Lilian Bond's home until 1914, and her account of growing up in the isolated coastal community in the years leading up to the 1st World War vividly captures its unique atmosphere. In 1943 Tyneham was compulsorily evacuated and both house and village are now derelict, victims of a broken Government promise that they would be returned to their rightful owners after the war.

"as a record of Purbeck life it cannot be bettered. The tragic events to befall Tyneham add to its importance, transforming it from an evocative record of a vanished way of life into a portrait of Tyneham and its world that is irreplaceable"

Artikelname: Weymouth to Portland
Artikelbeschreibung: This pictorial history traces some of the events and developments that have taken place in Weymouth and neighbouring Portland over the last century.This book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the death of professional photographer Edwin H. Seward, whose career spanned the development of motor transport and aeroplanes, paid holidays and two world wars. Illustrated with over 220 pictures, this volume highlights many of the important events that have occurred around this area, including Royal visits, commemoration ceremonies and shipwrecks. Aspects of everyday life are also featured, from schools and churches, streets and shops, to changing modes of transportation, fashion and leisure pursuits.Accompanied by detailed and informative text, this book is a valuable record which will reawaken nostalgic memories for some, while offering a unique glimpse of Dorset's proud heritage for others.