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Books on the Royal Gunpowder Mills

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Books on the Royal Gunpowder Mills

 

 

The Waterways of the Royal Gunpowder Mills
by: Richard Thomas

pub: Royal Gunpowder Mills
©2009 Royal Gunpowder Mills

isbn: 978-1-907452-00-0
£3.99

 

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Beam Engines at the RGM
by: John Wilson

pub: Friends Association of the RGM, Waltham Abbey
©2006 Friends Association of the RGM, Waltham Abbey
£2.00

 

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The Listed Buildings at the RGM, Waltham Abbey
by: Les Tucker

pub: Friends Association of the RGM, Waltham Abbey
©2002 Friends Association of the RGM, Waltham Abbey
£2.00

 

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Trials Tribulations and Pranks
by Norman Paul

© 2007 Friends Association of the RGM, Waltham Abbey
pub: Friends Association of the RGM, Waltham Abbey
£2.00

 

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Woodland Trees of WARGM
by: Norman Paul

pub: Friends Association of the RGM, Waltham Abbey
©2002 Friends Association of the RGM, Waltham Abbey
£2.00

 

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WARGM: The Old Establishment

by: Brenda J. Buchanan
pub: The Newcomen Society
©1999 The Newcomen Society
£5.00

 

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The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science & Technology Come Alive
by: John Graham-Cumming

pub: O'Reilly Media Inc.
© 2009 John Graham-Cumming
isbn: 9780596523206
£22.99

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Powderbarge - Life of William Constant, Bargemaster, Waltham Abbey
by: David Wood

pub: Society for Sailing Barge Research
©2000 D G Wood
isbn: 0-9500515-4-3
£4.00

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Gunpowder Papers 1 - Waltham Abbey Gunpowder People
by: P. J. Huggins

pub: Waltham Abbey Historical Society
©2003 Waltham Abbey Historical Society
£5.99

 

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Pamphlet on the Manufacture of Gunpowder as carried on at the Government Factory, Waltham Abbey

by Major Fraser Baddley (Reprint of the original 1857 document)
pub: Royal Gunpowder Mills
©2003 Royal Gunpowder Mills
£4.99

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Handbook of Gunpowder and Guncotton

by Major-general W. H. Wardell (Reprint of the original 1888 document)
pub: Royal Gunpowder Mills
©2003 Royal Gunpowder Mills
£5.99

 

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Manufacture and Proof of Gunpowder as Carried On at the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey
by: Captain F. M. Smith
(Reprint of the original 1870 document)
pub: Royal Gunpowder Mills
©2008 Royal Gunpowder Mills
£7.99

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Coopers and Coopering
by Ken Kilby

© 2004 Ken Kilby
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747805847
£5.99

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The Ruston Oil Loco
by: Robin J Parkinson

pub:Mosley Railway Trust
©2003 Robin J Parkinson/Mosley Railway Trust
isbn: 0-9540878-5-2
£4.95

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Industrial Narrow Gague Railways
by: Ian Dean

pub: Shire Publications
©2003 Ian Dean
isbn: 0-85263-752-7
£3.50

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Local Interest

 

I Remember
by: Enid Clay

©2005 Enid Clay
pub: Able Publishing

isbn: 1-903607-70-1
£4.99

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Dam Busters (A British Film Guide)
by: John Ramsden

pub: I B Tauris
£9.99

 

 

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Waltham Abbey, Reflections of the Past - Pubs and Inns
by: Raymond Sears and Jonathan Foster

pub: Raymond Sears
©2007 Raymond Sears
isbn: 9780951729748
£10.95

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King Harolds Town
by: John Camp & Dinah Dean

pub: Waltham Abbey Historical Society
©1988 Waltham Abbey Historical Society
isbn: 0-904699-03
£0.70

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The Lads of Enfield Lock
172 Years of Apprentice Training 1816-1988
by: Graham Birchmore & Roy Burges

©2005 RSAF Enfield, Apprentices Association
£10.00

 

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Lost Railways of Essex
by: Robin Jones

©2008 Robin Jones Diamond Head
pub: ountryside Books
isbn: 9781846741111
£10.00

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Old Waltham Abbey in Pictures
by: K N Bascombe

pub: Waltham Abbey Historical Society
©1988 Waltham Abbey Historical Society
isbn: 0-904699-07-2
£2.00

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Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield & Its Workers
by:David Pam

©1993 by David Pam
pub: david Pam
isbn: 0-9532271-0-3
£14.00

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Waltham Abbey Chronology
by: Raymond & Betty Sears

©2000 Raymond Sears
pub: Raymond Sears
isbn: 0-9517297-3-X
£4.00

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Waltham Abbey Echos of the Past
by: Raymond & Betty Sears

©1993 Raymond Sears
pub: Raymond Sears
isbn: 0-9517297-1-3
£3.45

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Waltham Abbey Reflections of the Past, Book 1
by: Raymond Sears & Jonathan Foster

©1993 Raymond Sears
pub: Raymond Sears
isbn: 0-9517297-0-5
£8.95

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Waltham Abbey Reflections of the Past, Book 2
by: Raymond Sears & Jonathan Foster

©1994 Raymond Sears
pub: Raymond Sears
isbn: 0-9517297-2-1
£8.95

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A Walk Round Waltham Abbey
by: K N Bascombe

©2002
pub: Waltham Abbey Historical Society
£0.80

 

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Short Walks in London's Epping Forest
by: Fred Matthews & Harry Bitten

©2001 Matthews/Bitten Publications
pub: Matthews/Bitten Publications
£2.40

 

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Diary of an ARP Warden

by: E. J. Carter

©2004 Waltham Abbey Historical Society

pub: Waltham Abbey Historical Society

ISBN: 978-0904699098

£3.50

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Water and Waste

by: Jim Lewis

© 2009 Jim Lewis

pub: Middlesex University Press

ISBN: 9781904750864

£3.50

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Battleships, Buses and Bombers

by: Jim Lewis

© 2009 Jim Lewis

pub: Middlesex University Press

ISBN: 9781904750871

£3.50

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From Gunpowder to Guns

by: Jim Lewis

© 2009 Jim Lewis

pub: Middlesex University Press

ISBN: 9781904750857

£3.50

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Epping Forest Explorer Map

Ordinance Survey

ISBN: 9780319237700

 

 

 

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Gunpowder & Explosives Book List

 

The Lost Powder Mills of Leigh
by: Chris Rowley

© 2009 Chris Rowley
pub: Chris Rowley
isbn: 9780953934010
£19.99

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Summerfield - The history of a rocket research establishment
edited by: Hugh Nicholson C. Eng.

© 2009 BROHP
pub: BROHP Publications
£15.00

 

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Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills - A Hidden History
by: Jenny Webb and Anne Donaldson

© 2006 Jenny Webb and Anne Donaldson
pub: Nonsuch Publishing
isbn: 978-1-84588-540-3
£14.99

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Gunpowder: The History of an International Technology
by: Brenda Buchanan, Editor

© 1996 to relevant authors
pub: Bath University Press
isbn: 0861971345
£25.00

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Gunpowder, Explosives and the State
by:Brenda J. Buchanan

©2006 Brenda J. Buchanan
pub: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
isbn: 978-0-7546-5259-5
£55.00

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Dangerous Energy
by: Wayne D Cocroft

©2000 English Heritage
pub: English Heritage
isbn: 1-85074-718-0
£40.00

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The Cold War - Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946-1989
by: Wayne D Cocroft & Roger C Thomas

©2003 English Heritage
pub: English Heritage
isbn: 1-873592-69-8
£24.99

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The Gunpowder Industry
by: Glenys Crocker

pub: Shire Publications
©1999 Glenys Crocker
isbn: 0-7478-0393-5
£3.50

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Chemistry of Explosives
by: Jacqueline Akhavan

©2000 The Royal Society of Chemistry
pub: The Royal Society of Chemistry
isbn: 0-85404-640-2
£23.00

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Chemistry of Fireworks
by: Michael S Russell

©2000 The Royal Society of Chemistry
pub: The Royal Society of Chemistry
isbn: 0-85404-598-8
£24.95

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The Big Bang - A History of Explosives
by: G I Brown

©2005 G I Brown
pub: Sutton Publishing
isbn: 0-7509-3792-0
£12.99

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Early Gunpowder Artillery 1300-1600
by John Norris

© 2003 John Norris
pub: The Crowood Press Ltd
isbn: 9781861266156
£19.95

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50 Model Rocket Projects
by Gavin D. J. Harper

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies
pub: The McGraw-Hill Companies
isbn: 9780071469845
£14.99

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Handbook of Model Rocketry 7th Edition
by G. Harry Stine and Bill Stine

© 2004 George W. Stine
pub: John Wiley & Sons
isbn: 97804714742421
£16.99

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rocket scienceIt's Only Rocket Science
by Dr. Lucy Rogers

© 2008 Springer Science
pub: Springer
isbn: 9780387753775
£19.99

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rocket scienceJourney Into Space
by Dave Shayler

© 2008 AIS Publications
pub: Astro Info Service Ltd
isbn: private publication
£9.99

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The Firework Book (Das Feuerwerkbuch):
Gunpowder in Medieval Germany

circa 1400, English Translation
The Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, Vol XVII, No 1, March 2001
©2001 The Journal of the Arms and Armour Society
ISSN: 0004-2439
£8.99

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Gunpowder Plot Book List

 

Gunpowder Plots - A Celebration of 400 Years of Bonfire Night
by: Brenda Buchanan, David Cannadine, Justin Champion, David Cressy, Pauline Croft, Antonia Fraser, Mike Jay

©2005
pub: Penguin Group
isbn: 0-713-99886-5
£14.99

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The Gunpowder Plot - Terror and Faith in 1605
by: Antonia Fraser

 

 

 

 

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The Gunpowder Plot
by: Vincent Hemingway

©1994 Throckmorton Estates
pub: Throckmorton Estates

 

 

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Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
by Peter Brimacombe

©2005 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-161-3
£3.50

 

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Gunpowder, The Players Behind the Plot
by James Travers
© 2005 James Travers
pub: The National Archives
isbn: 9781903365861
£19.99

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English History Book List

 

State Secrets
by: Chris Pomery

© 2006 Chris Pomery
pub: The National Archives
isbn: 978 1 905615 04 9
£7.99

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British Intelligence - Secrets,Spies and Sources
by Stephen Twigge, Edward Hampshire, Graham Macklin

©2008 Stephen Twigge, Edward Hampshire, Graham Macklin

pub: The National Archive
isbn: 9781905615001
£19.99

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The Drovers
by Shirley Toulson

©2005 Shirley Toulson

pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 9780747806301
£5.99

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The Slave Trade
by Nigel Sadler

©2005 Jarrold Publishing

pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 9780747807087
£5.99

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Fire Plague Plot
by Peter Brimacombe

©2004 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-133-8
£3.50

 

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The Scotland Yard Files - Milestones in Crime Detection
by: Alan Moss and Keith Skinner

© 2006 Alan Moss and Keith Skinner
pub: The National Archives
isbn: 978-1-903365-88-5
£19.99

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In Love & War
by David Rooney & Michael Scott

© 2008 David Rooney & Michael Scott
pub: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
isbn: 9781844158409
£19.99

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Murders, Plots and Mysteries
by Brian Williams

© 2007 Jarrold Publishing
pub: Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 9781841651828
£3.50

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Eating Out With Charles Dickens
by: Reg Edmondson, Ron Cook, Peter Park

© 2003 Jingle
pub: Jingle
isbn: 0954564901
£14.99

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Discovering Place-Names
by John Field

© 2005 John Field
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747806172
£4.99

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The Dangerous Book for Boys
by: Gonn & Hal Iggulden

© 2006 Gonn & Hal Iggulden
pub: Harper Collins
isbn: 978-0-00-723274-1
£18.99

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Watermills
by: Martin Watts

© 2006 Martin Watts
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 0-7478-0654-3
£5.99

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British Military Rifles 1800 - 2000
by: Peter Duckers

©2005 Peter Duckers
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 978-0-7478-0633-2
£4.99

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Brunel
by John McIlwain

©2005 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-158-3
£3.50

 

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
by Richard Tames

© 2000 Richard Tames
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747804598
£4.50

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The 1930s Home
by: Greg Stevenson

© 2000 Greg Stevenson
pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 978-0-7478-0464-8
£4.50

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Traction Engines
by: Derek Rayner

© 2002 Derek Rayner
pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 978-0-7478-0525-0
£4.50

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Steam Wagons
by: Derek Rayner

© 2003 Derek Rayner
pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 978-0-7478-0551-9
£4.50

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Charcoal and Charcoal Burning
by: D. W. Kelley

© 1986 D. W. Kelley
pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 978-0-8526-3731-9
£3.50

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The Victorian Workhouse
by: Trevor May

© 1997 Trevor May
pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 9780747803553
£3.50

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Life in Tudor England
by: Peter Brimacombe

© 2002 Pitkin Publishing
pub: Pitkin Publishing
isbn: 9781841650883
£3.99

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Britains Kings & Queens
by: Michael St John Parker

© 1990 Pitkin Publishing
pub: Pitkin Publishing
isbn: 9780853724506
£3.99

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Life in Victorian Britain
by Michael St John Parker

©1999 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 0-85372-941-7
£3.50

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The English Christmas + CD 
by Jenni Davis

©2001 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-084-6
CD - Christmas music (View CD Track List)
£6.99

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Life in Stuart England
by Peter Brimacombe

©2003 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-105-2
£3.50

 

 

 

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Nelson
by Colin White

©2003 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-111-7
£3.50

 

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Waterloo - A Guide to the Battlefield
by David Howarth

©1992 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 0-85372-294-3
£4.99

 

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The Civil War 1642-51
by Michael St John Parker

©1993 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 0-85372-647-7
£4.99

 

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The Edwardian Home
by Yvonne Bell

© 2005 Yvonne Bell
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747806318
£5.99

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The English Seaside in Victorian and Edwardian Times
by John Hannavy

© 2003 John Hannavy
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747805717
£5.99

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Victorian Britain
by Brenda Williams

© 2005 Jarrold Publishing
pub: Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 9781841651538
£12.99

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The Victorian Policeman
by Simon Dell

© 2004 Simon Dell
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747805915
£3.50

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The Victorian Railway Worker
by Trevor May

© 2000 Trevor May
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747804512
£3.50

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The Victorian Schoolroom
by Trevor May

© 1994 Trevor May
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747802433
£3.50

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Victorian Domestic Servant, The
by Trevor may

© 1998 Trevor May
pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 9780747803683
£3.99

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The Victorian Soldier
by David Nalson

© 2000 David Nalson
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747804604
£3.50

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Pottery in Roman Britain
by Guy de la Bedoyere

© 2000 Guy de la Bedoyere
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747804697
£5.99

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Roman Forts in Britain
by David J. Breeze

© 2002 David J. Breeze
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747805335
£5.99

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A Colour History Colouring Book

Heros History of The Great War
by: A S Robertshaw

pub: Colour History Ltd
©2005
isbn: 0-9546477-2-2
£2.99

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A Colour History Colouring Book

Heros and Villains of History 1799-1901
by: Les Ives

pub: Colour History Ltd
©2002
isbn: 0-9542102-3-9
£2.99

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A Colour History Colouring Book

Heros and Villains of History 1564-1799
by: Les Ives

pub: Colour History Ltd
©2002
isbn: 0-9542102-2-0
£2.99

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A Colour History Colouring Book

Heros and Villains of History 1216-1564
by: Les Ives

pub: Colour History Ltd
©2004
isbn: 0-9542102-1-2
£2.99

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Wicked Weapons
©Jarrold Publishing

isbn: 0-85372-892-5
£0.99

 

 

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The Falklands War Then and Now

Edited by Gordon Ramsey
© After the Battle 2009

pub: Battle of Britain International Ltd
isbn: 9781870067713
£47.95

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WW1&2 Book List

 

Britain at War 1939-1945
by Brian Williams

©2005 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-154-0
£12.99

 

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Churchill
by Michael St John Parker

©1991 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-85372-498-9
£3.50

 

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Digging the Trenches
by: Andrew Rbertshaw, David Kenyon

©2008 Andrew Rbertshaw, David Kenyon

pub: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
isbn: 9781844156719
£25.00

 

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The Second World War
by: Martin Marix Evans

©1995 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 0-85372-755-4
£3.50

 

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Bomber Command
by: Max Hastings

£8.99

 

 

 

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D-Day and the Battle of Normandy (No CD)
by: Martin Marix Evans

©1994 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 0-85372-682-5
£3.50

 

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D-Day and the Battle of Normandy + CD
by: Martin Marix Evans

©1994 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-145-1

CD - Montgomery & Churchill in Normandy, 1944
Written & Read by William Jordan (View CD Track List)
£4.99

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Britain in the Blitz + CD
by Brenda Williams

©2003 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-108-7

CD - music of the era (View CD Track List)
£6.99

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Home Front 1914-1918
by Ian Beckett

© 2006 Ian Beckett
pub: The National Archives
isbn: 9781903365816
£19.99

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20th Century Defences in Britain, The London Area
by Mike Osborne

© 2006 Dr Mike Osborne
pub: Concrete Publications
isbn: 9780954037802
£10.00

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Army Service Records of the First World War
by William Spencer

© 2001 William Spencer
pub: Public Record Office
isbn: 9781903365236
£9.99

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British Campaigne Medals 1914-2005
by Peter Duckers

© 2006 Peter Duckers
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747806493
£5.99

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British Campaigne Medals 1815-1914
by Peter Duckers

© 2000 Peter Duckers
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747804659
£5.99

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Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons
by R. J. Wilkinson-Latham

© 2002 R. J. Wilkinson-Latham
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747804840
£5.99

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The Victoria Cross
by Peter Duckers

© 2005 Peter Duckers
pub: Shire Publications Ltd
isbn: 9780747806356
£5.99

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WWII Heroes
©Jarrold Publishing

isbn: 1-84165-118-4
£0.99

 

 

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WWII Evacuees
©Jarrold Publishing

isbn: 1-84165-119-2
£0.99

 

 

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WWII Home Front
©Jarrold Publishing

isbn: 1-84165-121-4
£0.99

 

 

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The Home Front
by: Guy de la Bedoyere

© 2005 Guy de la Bedoyere
pub: Shire Publications
isbn: 978-0-7478-0528-1
£4.50

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Uniforms of the Home Guard
by: Richard J Hunt

©2002 Richard J Hunt
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-16-6
£3.49

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Vehicles Of The Home Guard
by: Martin F Mace

©2001 Martin F Mace
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-08-05
£2.99

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Range Targets - Wrecks & Relics
by: Mark Khan

©2001 Mark Khan
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-09-3
£3.49

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The Saint And The Sparrow - The Sinking of U-309
by: Richard W Skinner

©2003 Richard W Skinner
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-18-2
£3.49

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The Chanctonbury Crashes
by: Martin F Mace

©1998 Martin F Mace
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-02-6
£2.99

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The Typhoon At War
by: Ken Rimell

©2002 Ken Rimell
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-14-X
£2.99

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German Fighters

by: Alexander Nicoll
©2001 Alexander Nicoll
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-07-7
£2.99

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British Anti-Invasion Defences 1940-1945
by: Austin J Ruddy

©2003 Austin J Ruddy
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-20-4
£3.49

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Moths To Mosquitos:
The Wartime Diaries Of Wing Commander H C Randall DFC
by: H C Randall

©2001 H C Randall
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-06-9 - £6.99

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Drawn in Battle
by: Aston Fuller

©2002 Aston Fuller
pub: Historic Military Press
isbn: 1-901313-17-4
£2.99

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A Colour History Colouring Book
Heros History of World War II
by: Les Ives

pub: Colour History Ltd
©2004
isbn: 0-9542102-9-8

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Dam Busters (A British Film Guide)
by: John Ramsden

pub: I B Tauris
£9.99

 

 

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Germany 1944: The British Soldiers Pocketbook
©2006 Crown Copyright

pub: The National Archives
isbn: 978-1-903365-91-5
£6.99

 

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Infantry Training, National Servicemans Handbook
© 2007 Campbell McCutcheon

pub: Tempus Publishing Ltd

isbn: 9780752444239

£9.99

 

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Home Guard Manual 1941
© 2006 Campbell McCutcheon

pub: Tempus Publishing Ltd

isbn: 9780752438870
£7.99

 

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CDs

 

Steam Fair 2006
at the Royal Gunpowder Mills
Image Gallery of 117 pictures of steam vehicles from the fair. Computer required to view pictures.

£3.99

 

 

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Steam Fair 2007
at the Royal Gunpowder Mills
Image Gallery of 195 pictures of steam vehicles from the fair. Computer required to view pictures.

£3.99

 

 

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Saving The Tiger: The Story of Tiger 131
© The Tank Museum

pub: The Tank Museum
£12.99

DVD Video, PAL, 60 minutes.
Original 1943 film plus Extras.

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Britain in the Blitz + CD
by Brenda Williams
© 2003 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-108-7
£6.99

CD - Traditional music

 

Track List

1. Air Raid Warning
2. Vera Lynn — We’ll Meet Again
3. Gracie Fields — Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye
4. Billy Cotton and his Band — We Must All StickTogether
5. Jack Payne and his Orchestra — There’ll Always Be An England
6. Noel Coward — London Pride
7. Eric Coates — Music While You Work
8. Ambrose and his Orchestra — Adolf
9. Flanagan and Allen — Run Rabbit Run
10. Arthur Askey — Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
11. George Formby - Bless 'Em All
12. Jack Hylton and his Orchestra — Blue Skies Are Round The Corner
13. Lew Stone and his Band — Till The Lights of London Shine Again
14. Vera Lynn — The White Cliffs Of Dover
15. Anne Shelton — Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer
16. The Squadroniaires — A Little On The Lonely Side
17. The Glenn Miller Orchestra — In The Mood
18. The Glenn Miller Orchestra — American Patrol
19. The Glenn Miller Orchestra — Moonlight Serenade
20. Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans — I’m Gonna Get Lit Up
21. Anne Shelton — I’ll be Seeing You
22. Vera Lynn — When They Sound The Last ‘All Clear’
23. The Joe Loss Orchestra — The Victory Polka
24. Air Raid All Clear

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D-Day and the Battle of Normandy + CD
by: Martin Marix Evans
©1994 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-145-1
£6.99

CD - Montgomery & Churchill in Normandy, 1944
Written & Read by William Jordan

Track List

1. Prelude: 'The bad times are over, they are finished.'
2. Appointment: 'OVERLORD did not look too good.', Marrakesh, Morocco, 1 January 1944
3. Meddling: On Churchill - 'What a wonderful man he is.', Main HQ, Portsmouth, 19 May 1944
4. Crossing: 'I hear we're lost', Offshore Juno, 6-8 June 1944
5. Tac HQ: 'The open life', Creullet, IWM Ouxford, 8-23 June 1944
6. Churchill's Visit: Churchill 'must do as he is told.', Arromanches, 12 June 1944
7. George VI: 'Three cheers!', Courseulles-Creullet, 16 June 1944
8. Tat HQ II: 'No more visitors', Le Blay, Omaha, 23 June - 7 August 1944
9. Epilogue: On Churchill - 'My greatest friend', Chartwell, Isington Mill

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The English Christmas + CD
by Jenni Davis
© 2001 Jarrold Publishing
isbn: 1-84165-084-6
£6.99

CD - Traditional English Christmas Carols

 

Track List

1. Adam Lay y-bounden - Southwark Cathedral (1.13)
2. Gabriel's Message - Southwark Cathedral (2.33)
3. The Holly and The Ivy - Sr George's Chapel (3.36)
4. Once in Royal David's City - York Minster (5.28)
5. Christians Awake! Salute the Happy Morn - St George's Chapel (3.00)
6. Silent Night - Marlborough College (2.37)
7. I Saw Three Ships - St George's Chapel (1.32)
8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Durham Cathedral (3.04)
9. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral (4.14)
10. The Coventry Carol - Durham Cathedral (3.46)
11. The First Nowell - Durham Cathedral (4.56)
12. See Amid the Winter's Snow - Chester Cathedral (4.51)
13. God Rest Ye Merry Gendemen - Gloucester Cathedral (2.39)
14. Hymn to the Virgin - Chester Cathedral (3.05)
15. O Come All Ye Faithful - Gloucester Cathedral (4=28)
16. Sussex Carol - Southwark Cathedral (2.04)
17. In the Bleak Midwinter - St George's Chapel (5.20)
18. Sans Day Carol - York Minster (3.25)
19. Good King Wenceslas - York Minster (3.08)
20. The Three Kings - Chester Cathedral (2.32)
21. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Chester Cathedral (2.47)
22. A New Year Carol - Chester Cathedral (2.29)
23. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Durham Cathedral (1.52)

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We'll Meet Again - Musical Tribute to the War Years
by: various original artists
© The Green Label Music Company
pub: The Green Label Music Company
isbn: 5-060088-440001
GLM/Y-1-01

 

Track List

1. We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn (3.28)
2. Churchill Wartime Speech - The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill (4.40)
3. Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye - Gracie Fields (2.57)
4. We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line - Flanagan And Allen (2:45)
5. Der Fuhrers Face - Spike Jones and his City Slickers (2.39)
6. The Thing-Ummy-Bob - Arthur Askey (2.51)
7. London Pride - Noel Coward (3.18)
8. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Vera Lynn (3.11)
9. Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James and his Orchestra (2.57)
10. Somebody Loves Me - Bing Crosby (2.46)
11. Maybe - The Ink Spots (3.08)
12. American Patrol - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (3.17)
13. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Glenn Miller Orchestra with Marion Hutton (3.11)
14. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters (2.41)
15. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (3.05)
16. Sentimental Journey - Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra (2.49)
17. I'm Nobodys Baby - Judy Garland (2.53)
18. Lili Marlene - Anne Shelton (2.47)
19. The White Cliffs Of Dover - Vera Lynn (3.17)
20. Churchill Wartime Speech - The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill (4.51)
21. Air Battle Over The English Channel - BBC Broadcast - 14th July 1940 (3.35)
22. Air Battle Over The English Channel - BBC Broadcast - 14th July 1940 (4.00)

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1605 Treason and Discord CD
William Byrd and the Gunpowder Plot
The King's Singers, Concordia
Sarah Baldock - Organ
SIGCD061
© 2005 Signum Records Ltd

 

Track List

1. John Dowland (l563-1626) - George Whitehead's Almand (1.30)
2. William Byrd (1543-1623) - Kyrie from Mass for 4 voices (1.57)
3. William Byrd - A Fancie (4.32)
4. William Byrd - Gloria from Mass for 4 voices (5.56)
5. Richard Dering (c.1580-1630) - Ardens est cor meum (2.39)
6. William Byrd - Civitas sancti tui (5.07)
7. Peter Philips (1560/1-1628) - Ave Maria gratia plena (2.11)
8. William Byrd - Credo from Mass for 4 voices (7.59)
9. John Dowland - Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (4.21)
10. Thomas Weelkes (c.1576-1623) - O Lord how joyful is the King (8.25)
11. William Byrd - From Virgin's womb/Rejoice, rejoice (2.07)
12. John Dowland - M. Bucton,s Galliard (1.20)
13. William Byrd - Sanctus/Benedictus from Mass for 4 voices (3.54)
14. Francis Pott (born 1957) - Master Tresham: His Ducke (13.54)
15. William Byrd - Agnus Dei from Mass for 4 voices (3.30)

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