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Cover of Minchinhampton & Amberley Through Time
by Howard Beard
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009

Minchinhampton & Amberley Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the Cotswolds. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Minchinhampton and Amberley, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people in this community...
Cover of GWR Portrait of an Industry
by Amberley Archive
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014

Incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1835 and completed just six years later, the Great Western Railway became one of the great icons of the Age of Steam, and perhaps the world’s most famous railway company. Spanning Southern England from the Thames to the Bristol Channel, the history of Brunel’s...
Cover of The Stroudwater and Thames and Severn Canals From Old Photographs Volume 3
by Edwin Cuss, Mike Mills
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

This volume completes a trilogy of albums dedicated to capturing as much as possible of the evidence from historic photographs of two famous canals which together linked the rivers Severn and Thames. Today this route, now in part under active restoration, is known as the Cotswold Canals, a snappy...
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Crackers at Christmas

The Festive Trials of a Yorkshire Housewife

by Hazel Wheeler
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010

Welcome to Christmas, a.k.a. Hell. For Huddersfield housewife Hazel Wheeler, whose popular diaries span the second half of the twentieth century, Christmas is not just a time for goodwill, mistletoe and bulging stockings. Santa, in his munificence, also brings with him a sleighful of suffering and...
Cover of Eyewitness Accounts Diary of a Nursing Sister
by Amberley Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014

By the time of the First World War, nursing had become vital. The quality of medical care available to British soldiers had improved immeasurably since the days of Florence Nightingale. This classic diary, written by an anonymous nurse, is an essential account of the Great War from an unusual female...
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Anne Boleyn: The Young Queen To Be

The Young Queen to be

by Josephine Wilkinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012

Anne Boleyn is perhaps the most engaging of Henry VIIIs Queens. For her he would divorce his wife of some twenty years standing, he would take on the might of the Roman Church and the Holy Roman Empire; he would even alienate his own people in order to win her favour and, eventually, her hand.But before...
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Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII

Mistress to Henry VIII

by Elizabeth Norton
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012

The earliest known and longest lasting mistress of Henry VIII, Bessie Blount was the kings first love. More beautiful that Anne Boleyn or any of Henrys other wives or concubines, Bessies beauty and other charms ensured that she turned heads, winning a place at court as one of Catherine of Aragons ladies....
Cover of Traditional Fishing Boats of Europe
by Mike Smylie
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013

For hundreds of years the design of fishing boats has followed traditional methods. Mike Smylie, author of Traditional Fishing Boats of Britain & Ireland (also published by Amberley) follows this seminal work with a new book on the fishing boats of Europe. The designs vary a lot, from the Mediterranean...
Cover of Stroud Valleys Pubs Through Time
by Geoff Sandles
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012

Stroud is the capital of the south-western Cotswolds, located at the divergence of the five Golden Valleys, named after the monetary wealth created in the processing of wool from the plentiful supply of water power. Five populated valleys converge at Stroud, ten miles south-west of Cheltenham, creating...
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English Electric Class 40, 50 & 55 Diesel Locomotives

The Amberley Railway Archive Volume 1

by Martin Hart
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014

English Electric produced a wide variety of products ranging from the Lightning interceptor jet to everyday consumer electronics, but in the railway world the company is best known for its classic British Rail diesels built in the late 1950s and the 1960s. The most powerful examples of these were...
Cover of Central Bristol Through the Ages
by Anthony Beeson
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017

Bristol, ‘Queen of the West Country’, is a city founded on manufacturing and trade. Once described as producing within its bounds every daily necessity required in life, its merchants were mocked by outsiders for lives dominated by a rage for profit. It was a city in which grandeur lived cheek...
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Intercity HST 125

The Amberley Railway Archive Volume 4

by Hugh Llewelyn
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

The sleek lines of the HST 125 High Speed Train represent a massive stride in British locomotive design in the latter part of the twentieth century. With two power cars the HST – otherwise known as the British Rail Class 43 – has a top speed of 125 mph, making it the fastest diesel-powered train...
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British Austerity Saddle Tanks

The Amberley Railway Archive Volume 2

by Gordon Edgar
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014

The Austerity saddle tank, a 1942 design born out of necessity during wartime Britain and intended for just two years of rigorous service as a general purpose shunting locomotive, far exceeded the original expectations of the Hunslet Engine Company design. In fact construction was to continue until...
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British Freight Trains Moving the Goods

The Amberley Railway Archive Volume 3

by Paul Manley
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014

Britain's hard-working freight trains are captured in a variety of locations, from the dramatic backdrop of the Cumbrian Hills to the more industrial sites. Featuring a range of freight operators, Paul Manley's photographs have been taken in various parts of the country, in particular around Cumbria,...
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