Local and family history, nostalgia

Photographer Dominic Greyer has spent the last twenty years roaming the British landscape in search of the country's most unusual placenames.

Denby & District in the First and Second World Wars: Their Ultimate Sacrifice, commemorates and celebrates the lives of the soldiers from this part of the world and the role they played during hostilities.

A moving true story of of a young girl escaping hardship and coming of age in the Second World War.

Everyone talks about 'Middle England'.

Between 1800 and 1950 the town of Halifax grew beyond recognition.

Following the partitioning of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939, Matthew Kelly's great grandmother and her two daughters were deported to the East.

An epic tale of love and rivalry from the Sunday Times bestselling author and multi-million copy seller Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher.

Stalkers, bigamy, murders, domestic violence, hard work, continuous childbearing, starvation, illegal abortions, suicides.

Yorkshire Forgotten Fens is a history of the cultural landscape of the wetlands of the Humber basin and the entire county of Yorkshire stretching from the Humber and north Lincolnshire through the Vale of York, through South Yorkshire and Holderness, to Pickering and beyond.

Do you remember the West End of London during the 1950s?

Discover a daughter's journey into her father's past in this Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the 2016 Costa Biography Award.

In June 1944, Operation OVERLORD, the greatest ever amphibious invasion, initially overwhelmed German Normandy defenses.

If you’ve ever wondered how life changed so much for women over the hundred years between 1850 and 1950, this is a great introduction.

Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's farming heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs.

In 1939 Annie Jarman and her six young daughters were evacuated from their south London home and sent to the Sussex countryside to wait out the war.

Stalkers, bigamy, murders, domestic violence, hard work, continuous childbearing, starvation, illegal abortions, suicides.

For centuries the deaf community endured a mixture of derision, ignorance and poverty; they suffered what Dr Johnson described as 'one of the most desperate of human calamities'.

Before the Great War began, Ireland had already begun to take up arms.

Faringdon House in Oxfordshire was the home of Lord Berners, composer, writer, painter, friend of Stravinsky and Gertrude Stein, a man renowned for his eccentricity masks, practical jokes, a flock of multi-coloured doves and his homosexuality.

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When news of the war broke out in 1914, nothing could prepare the citizens of Aberdeen for the changes that would envelop their city over the next four years.

The story of the man who strung the telegraph across Australia, and the woman who gave her name to Alice Springs.

Sixteen true crime cases with a connection to two West Midlands English towns from the Middle Ages to the early decades of the twentieth century.

Hailed as "e;toweringly important"e; (Baltimore Sun), "e;a work of scrupulous and significant reportage"e; (E.

Discover one family's fascinating story in this beautiful, sweeping, multigenerational memoir, spanning 19th century south China to modern day Singapore'A captivating, compelling story of history, family loyalty, and personal sacrifice.

This handy book is a timeline guide to genealogical resources - what records are available and when they started - as well as an aide-memoire to significant historical events from 1066 to present; helping to put family ancestors into an historical context.

The Great North Road — since 1922 officially classified as the A1 — has been the main route between London and Edinburgh since earliest times.

Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt von "Pharmapolis – Geschichten aus der Apotheke des Lebens".

The Great North Road — since 1922 officially classified as the A1 — has been the main route between London and Edinburgh since earliest times.

A healthy recipe book with food you'll really want to eat!

This well-known author has produced yet another excellent guide for researching ancestors who have served in the Army.

When news of the war broke out in 1914, nothing could prepare the citizens of Aberdeen for the changes that would envelop their city over the next four years.

It’s freezing, pitch black, and silent— apart from the sound of rats under the bed your wheezing children share.

The 1944 Arnhem airborne operation, immortalized by the film A Bridge Too Far, will forever be remembered as a great British feat of arms.

Susan Brewer taps into the nostalgic women s market for comics from their childhood Jackie, Girl's Own, Bunty etc, from the early days in Victorian England to teen mags and TV-related comics, including Teletubbies and CBeebies.

The First World War was only a matter of days old when Barking placed itself firmly on the map, after Driver Job Henry Charles Drain of the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was awarded the Victoria Cross.

In June 1944, Operation OVERLORD, the greatest ever amphibious invasion, initially overwhelmed German Normandy defenses.

A collection of memories of a bygone age of the railway system that operated around the Barnsley area and beyond.

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When Emma Brockes was ten years old, her mother said 'One day I will tell you the story of my life and you will be amazed.

The largely untold stories of innumerable, rather humble, lives spent 'in service' are lying just below the surface of many great houses.

The Old West may have faded from living memory but the actual locations where the robberies and shoot-outs took place can still be found over one hundred years later.

“A thorough and informative guide .

Stuart Heritage got where he is today by being decent, thoughtful, hardworking and kind.

Lost San Francisco takes readers on a journey back to the buildings, parks, stadia, ferries - even cemetaries and prisoners - that time and progress have swept aside.

A collection of memories of a bygone age of the railway system that operated around the Barnsley area and beyond.

Diamond Street is Rachel Lichtenstein's fascinating account of London's Hatton Garden.

Like a parallel universe, an entire city could be formed with the lost buildings of New York Citys past.

Discover what life was like for members of the British Royal Air Force from WWI to the 1970s, plus how to find out about an ancestor’s service career.

The essential guide to exploring Britain's last remaining historic lines, Britain's Heritage Railways is ideal for anyone planning or looking for a nostalgic railway trip.