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Brooke's Battery
Philip Spinks
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In the 100th anniversary year of the raising
of Warwickshire’s first Royal Horse Artillery battery,
this short history fills a gap in the county’s military
past. Here is the story of the formation, training and
war service of an almost forgotten unit – the first
Territorial Artillery battery to go to France in 1914...
£6.95
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Sutton Coldfield In The Fifties – Part 2
John Bassett
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This concluding volume of the trilogy of
Sutton Coldfield from the 1930s–1960 features many
interesting facts and figures about the area. Topics covered
include a review of Sutton Coldfield in war and peace,
the preparations for the J.I.M. Sutton Park and, in 1960,
signs of the emerging new Sutton.
£12.95
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From Stormy Seas to Calmer Waters
Commander Anthony Pearse
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A fascinating story of a working life spanning
52 years. Entering the Royal Navy at the age of 18, the
author experiences the Japanese War in the Far East, being
hit by a new German radio controlled weapon at the Salerno
landings, and convoy protection and submarine hunting
in the Atlantic...
£7.95
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Chequered Chances – A Portrait of Lady Luxborough
Audrey Duggan
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Born in 1699, into an aristocratic family,
Henrietta St John as she then was, had the world at her
feet. But an unsatisfactory marriage to Robert Knight,
later Lord Luxborough, alleged misconduct and subsequent
banishment to a dilapidated farmhouse, Barrells Green,
in Ullenhall near Henley-in-Arden, could have destroyed
a woman of lesser character...
£12.95
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As I Recall – A Bevin Boy's Story
Derek Hollows
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The author, having intending to join the
RAF, was suddenly, without warning, redirected to the
coalpits of Lancashire under an emergency arrangement
to keep Britain’s power stations working during the
war. Ernest Bevin, then Minister of Labour, gave his name
to the scheme which eventually took some 40,000 young
national servicemen to work underground...
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Gold In My Veins – My Life as a Derby Gilder
Betty Wherry
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Gold in my Veins is an autobiographical
account of the life of Betty Wherry, an apprentice gilder
at Royal Crown Derby in the 1930s, who rose through the
Company to become Gilding Trainer and Assistant Curator
of the factory’s prestigious museum...
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King of Clubs – The Eddie Fewtrell Story
Eddie Fewtrell and Shirley Thompson
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Birmingham would definitely not be the
place that it is today, without Eddie Fewtrell. Born one
of ten children in the 1930s, in the backstreets of Aston,
much of Eddie’s childhood was spent keeping house
and caring for his younger brothers. An alcoholic father
and an invalid mother prevented him from attending school
and leading a normal life – a scenario a million
light years away from the vast nightclub empire that he
was destined to build...
£14.95
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The Streets of Brum - Part Four
Carl Chinn
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Birmingham’s streets, roads and lanes
are an absorbing aspect of our history. They call out
to us about long dead landowners, notable figures from
the history of England, Brummies long forgotten, farms
that have been swept away by the outpouring of our city,
remarkable physical features and mysterious happenings...
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Black Country Memories 4
Carl Chinn
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Carl Chinn's weekly columns in The Express
and Star, describing the people and places of the Black
Country, have been collected together and illustrated
for the fourth year in succession. Carl's stories cover
wartime heroes, the factories and products of the region
and the people who have made the area famous...
£12.95
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Birmingham Back to the Seventies
Alton Douglas
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With over 350 images, Alton's latest book
captures a period in Birmingham's history when rebuilding
of the old inner city districts was well under way. The
city was a favourite with the Royal family, the Queen
making several visits during the decade and photos show
the loyal crowds of Brummies who turned out to see her...
£9.99
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From Dawn till Dusk
John Pettinger
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John Pettinger writes from personal experience,
having worked for the successive ITV Midlands programme
providers from Alpha TV in 1960 until ITV-plc in 2005.
He reminds us that ITV dawned in the Midlands in 1956;
his book covers the development of the regional service,
the periodic licence renewal applications, and the move
from Aston to Paradise Centre and eventually to Central
Court in Birmingham...
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Hidden City, Haunted City
Peter Leather
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Following in the illustrious footsteps
of Charles Dickens and M. R. James, Peter Leather has
written a ghost story each Christmas since 1995 for his
popular Hidden City column in The Birmingham News. The
stories are entirely fictional but based on real events
and historical locations in Birmingham...
£6.95
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Exploring the Faithful City
Ed. Jonathan Gurling
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It was 12th September 2001. The world awoke
to the grim replays of the Twin Towers disintegrating
in a dust cloud of unimaginable proportions. Everyone
sensed that the world had just become a more dangerous
place. In many cities the Muslim community became a target
for the mindless anger of a minority. In Birmingham, the
Central Mosque was daubed...
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