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Charltons, Life in the – The Station Years 1905 To 1962

(Janet Baillie)  Stories of the people who lived in Charlton Adam and Charlton Mackrell during the years the villages had a station. Includes over 100 photographs, together with maps of the villages. 50 pages.  Soft covers.

Yours Reverently … from the pulpit, the pub and the Parish Notes 1948-1953

Between 1948 and 1982 the Reverend Oliver Willmott wrote three quarters of a million words chronicling the life of his three parishes in West Dorset – Loders, Dottery and Askerwell.  This book provides nuggets from just the first five years of…..

£9.99

Kingsmead and Weston, Childhood Memories – Growing Up in

(Pauline Forrest)  An account of a working class childhood in Bath in the 1920s and 1930s. A vivid evocation of a city changed almost beyond recognition – a city of tramcars, lodging houses, street vendors, midwinter dips in the flooded…..

£6.50

Wells, A Pictorial History

(Tony Scrase)  A perceptive vision of this smallest of cities as seen through over 170 photographs.  (Special price) 118 pages.  Hard back.

£8.50

Nunney, The History of

(Anthony Windrum)  Starting with the earliest settlement to the 20th Century, the history of the village has been researched thoroughly by the author, a village resident. Includes an index of names. 112 pages.  Soft covers.

£7.50

Burtle, Gie I – A Village Apart

(C S John Sparkes)  The story of a Somerset moorland village, located in in the midst of the oft flooded Somerset Levels. Presents many aspects of Burtle, including the earliest settlers, the railway and the important turf trade of recent…..

£12.00

Castle Cary and Ansford, Memories of

(The Living History Group)  A collection of reminiscences of life in the two communities during much of the 20th Century ? Illustrated. 179 pages.  Soft covers.

£6.99

High Ham, Low Ham & Henley – A Somerset Parish 1895-1965

(High Ham Parish Community Project)  Memories of Village Life in High Ham, Low Ham and Henley. The parish is remarkable for the large number of residents whose families have lived and farmed here for generations.  Many of these families have…..

£15.00