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Return to Duty
Fran & Martin Collins
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Return
to Duty tells the story of three U.S. Army hospitals located
at Brickbarns Farm, Merebrook and Wood Farm in the Malvern
Wells area of Worcestershire during World War II. All
three hospitals were built by British contractors in 1943
and used by American hospital units until the end of the
war in Europe; Brickbarns Farm was occupied until December
1945...
£10.95
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The Streets of Brum Part Five
Carl Chinn
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Birminghams
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,
distant battles, intriguing foreign places and mysterious
happenings...
£13.95
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Palmers Hill
Ian Morris
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Worcestershire
brothers, Mac and Barry Goodwins, true story told
from a bedrock of fact but as living flesh. Their mastery
of the air as teenagers and then as RAF pilots in 605
(The County of Warwick) Squadron and 609 (West Riding)
Squadron in WW2 flying Hurricanes and Spitfires is set
against a privileged family background...
£8.95
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Edward Walter Locke Master Potter 1829-1909
Tom & Lillian Willis
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This
book is the result of the first in-depth research on Locke
& Co. Ltd. and will fill a void in the history of
porcelain in Worcester. A common belief was that the Locke
family came from Bristol or Swansea. In fact, Edward Walter
Lockes grandfather, Joseph, was born at Kempsey,
a few miles from Worcester...
£14.95
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Inseparable Siblings
Elizabeth Oakley
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Clemence
was a younger sister of A.E. Housman, classicist and poet.
When, aged 22, she left her comfortable Victorian middleclass
Worcestershire home to go to London to look after her
rebellious, artistic younger brother, Laurence, it was
a slightly shocking thing to do. From then on, devoted
to each other, their lives and creative careers were always
interlinked...
£12.95
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Warwickshire's Wildflowers
Steven J. Falk
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Warwickshires
Wildflowers provides a modern snapshot of the flora of
Warwickshire and reflects heavily on recent changes, both
losses and gains. It is as much a book about Warwickshire
(defined here as including Coventry, Solihull, Sutton
Coldfield and much of east Birmingham) as about the plants
themselves...
£15.95
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Tales out of School
Ed. Val Hart
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Memories
of schooldays are special. Everyone has them but they
are infinite in their variety. The memories in this book
span a century and were collected and recorded from 120
different people mainly connected to Balsall Heath in
some way. Some of the older memories recall times of strict
discipline in the old Board Schools or describe the challenges
of school during the Second World War...
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Adrift in Paradise
Shirley Thompson
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Fiona
Eastley, an attractive young widow, is recovering from
the trauma of her husbands sudden death. Holidaying
on the beautiful island of Skiathos, in the middle of
the Aegean Sea, she meets not one, but two handsome strangers,
who are destined to transform her life. But the Sirens
of Greek Mythology are intent on luring the three main
characters onto the rocks...
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Tolkien's Bag End
Andrew H. Morton
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In
Tolkiens Bag End, Andrew Morton sets out to uncover
the significance of the Worcestershire manor house that
famously gave its name to the home of Bilbo and Frodo
Baggins in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. During
the 1920s, when J.R.R. Tolkien was beginning to formulate
the stories that found their way into The Hobbit, Bag
End was owned and farmed by his influential aunt Jane
Neave...
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Matthew Boulton: A Revolutionary Player
Ed. Malcolm Dick
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Matthew
Boulton: a Revolutionary Player explores the life
and importance of the industrialist and entrepreneur,
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), a central figure in Britains
Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution. He promoted new
technology and manufacturing techniques to produce buttons,
buckles, silverware, ormolu, coins and medals in his Soho
Manufactory and Mint near Birmingham...
£14.95
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No Place To Moor
Joan McAdam
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Having
cruised the stretch of the River Thames from Limehouse
to Reading some years ago in her 60ft narrowboat, Katyman.
The author set out in the summer of 2007, with the help
of many friends, and her family, to explore the Thames
from Reading to Lechlade. This proved to be a time of
extreme weather and the book tells of the pleasures, and
the difficulties, along the way...
£9.95
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Monument Lane Loco Shed
Tony Higgs
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For
ten years Tony Higgs researched the history of Monument
Lane Locomotive Shed. Monument Lane existed for around
110 years, having opened in the 1850s. It was responsible
for both passenger and freight services, the pick of which
were main line trains from Birmingham to London, Liverpool
and Manchester...
£11.95
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From Bromsgrove to Aston Fields A Story of Victorian
Expansion
Jennie McGregor-Smith
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This
absorbing and liberally illustrated book tells in a light-hearted
way the story of the origins of Aston Fields and the Victorian
development of the eastern side of Bromsgrove. It all
started with the coming of the railway before then
there was nothing but a narrow winding lane, fields, and
half a dozen houses...
£14.95
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