A memory-packed hardback gift book full of nostalgia, recounting not only memories from the decade of birth, but also memories from the decade of the formative teenage years. The perfect, meaningful gift for someone 'born in the 60s'.
Bowen's Court describes the history of one Anglo-Irish family in County Cork from the Cromwellian settlement until 1959, when Elizabeth Bowen was forced to sell the family house she loved.
At the turn of the 20th century the rail network extended to over 23,000 miles, very nearly the circumference of the world - the greatest length it was ever to achieve. Some urban routes had closed and later, hundreds of rural lines and stations succumbed to the Beeching axe. This title shows the network in its heyday before the decline commenced.
This updated Pitkin Guide will show the visitor and the resident all there is to be seen and experienced, from the waterside to the elegant streets of Clifton, from the old city and the ancient church of St Mary Redcliffe to the new shopping mall, Cabot Circus.
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the buildings of Colchester have changed and developed over the last century