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Title: Annie's Story - Memories of life in Garndiffaith Author: Annie (Nancy) Harris-Grinnell Price £6.95 ISBN: 1 874538 63 8 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.30 |
Memories, stories and photographs about Garndiffaith and the
surrounding area written by a former
resident and spanning over sixty years from 1942
on. |
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Title: The Black Domain Author: Ralph Thomas Price £4.50 ISBN: 0 9512181 7 4 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
A
novel based on fact and fiction set around the Blackwood area which
provides the reader with an insight
into the period leading up to the Chartist
Uprising. |
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Title: Every Mother's Nightmare - Abertillery in Mourning Author: Neil Milkins Price £10.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-11-7 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.95 |
This true story tells of the shocking events that took place in
Abertillery in 1921. The murder of two girls by a
15 year-old shop boy who was acquitted of the
first murder only to be released and commit the second murder
two weeks later. Illustrated throughout with photographs
including Scotland Yards actual crime scene
pictures - never before seen. |
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Title: Frank and Friends Author: Sylvian Day Price £7.50 ISBN: 978-1-905967-29-2 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.60 |
A
first publication by author Sylvian Day in a series introducing
Frank and Friends. This delightful children's book illustrated
throughout, comes supplied with a ribbon tied matching bookmark.
A lovely gift any child would be happy to
receive and treasure
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Title: Five Days to Live Author: R.H. Medley Price £5.95 ISBN: 1 874538 77 8 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.65 |
A
worthwhile and readable account of the part played by the 2nd
Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, from
mobilisation in 1939 until after the evacuation of Dunkirk. |
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Title: The Flavour of Islwyn Remembered Author: Kay Jenkins Price £7.95 ISBN: 1 874538 06 9 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.80 |
A
detailed history from the early days of Islwyn told through
extensive research and interviews with the
elders of the community. Illustrated throughout
with photographs, poems and recipes. |
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Title: From Hell - The Jack the Ripper Mystery Author: Bob Hinton Price £8.50 ISBN: 1 874538 96 4 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
The author, a magistrate from South Wales presents an entirely new
suspect for examination.
He doesn't claim to have found 'new' evidence as
all the evidence is there - it's just that no-one has
looked at it before! |
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Title: The Diary of
the life of a Farmer's Wife - the life and times Author: Evelyn Howells Price £9.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-09-4 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.30
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This book written by Evelyn Howells tells the story of her husband
Fred and his dreams of becoming a
farmer and how his dream became a reality |
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Title: Hangings and Hangmen at Usk Prison Author: Godfrey Brangham Price £12.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-14-8 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.85 |
A
fascinating account illustrated throughout of the history of Usk
Prison, the stories of the murderers who were hanged there and the
hangmen who performed their tasks. |
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Title: 'Khaki Shorts' Author: Major 'Bob' Smith Price Currently unavailable ISBN: 1 874538 45 X Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
This book is packed with entertaining stories based around the
author's long and varied military
experiences in Welsh regiments. |
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Title: The Land of Brychan Author: Nansi Selwood Price £6.50 ISBN: 1 874538 30 1 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Set in 17th century Breconshire, this novel chronicles a young
heiress to an upland estate who is related to the powerful gentry
families of Brecon and Glamorgan. With the outbreak of Civil War
between King and
Parliament she finds herself caught in the
middle as rifts appear among family, friends and the local
community. |
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Title: Love Will Come Again Author: Marguerite Shaw Price £6.50 ISBN: 1 874538 90 5 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
The third book in this series relating the story of the Watkins
family. |
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Title: My Whole World - An illustrated common folk biography Author: Anne Forrest Price £9.95 ISBN: 1 874538 19 0 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
The experiences of inhabitants of Penmaenmawr, North Wales during
the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Coupled
throughout with over 200 photographs. |
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Title: Out Since 14 Author: John Dixon Price £24.95 ISBN: 1 874538 09 3 Postage & Packing (UK): £3.50 |
This book tells of the horrors experienced by the 2nd Battalion The
Monmouthshire Regiment during the conflict from which many did not
return. |
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Title: The Road to Rangoon and Back Author: Ron Dudley Price £9.95 ISBN: 978-1-905967-02-5 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.30 |
If you are looking for an account of the last days of the Burma
Campaign as seen through the eyes
of a young man with a wicked sense of humour,
this is the book for you. |
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Title: Remember When - memories of Yesteryear Author: Iris Roderick Thomas Price £6.50 ISBN: 1 874538 20 4 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.80 |
This work by well known Merthyr author Iris Roderick Thomas is a
fascinating collection of memoirs of
many local inhabitants presenting a factual
account of 'how things used to be'. |
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Title: Up The Creek Author: Robin Medley Price £7.50 ISBN: 1 874538 47 6 Postage & Packing (UK): £2.30 |
Reminiscences and impressions from the pen of Major Robin Medley
taken from his experiences in travelling
many countries, meeting the people and learning
their language. A fascinating read. |
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Title: War Child - Ebbw Vale ~ Birmingham Author: Irene E. Thomas Price £8.50 ISBN: 978-1-905967-32-2 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.85 |
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In the authors own words ' I was in three kinds of
War. In Ebbw Vale there was a 'Dad's Army' situation. |
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Title: Whimberries On The Coity - Garn-Yr-Erw in the 1940s Author: Elvina Hill Price £7.50 ISBN: 978-1-905967-33-9 Postage & Packing (UK): £1.30 |
Author Elvina Hill recollects her childhood memories of being
evacuated from her home in Hove to live with
her grandparents in Garn-yr-Erw, near the South Wales mining town of
Blaenavon.
Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. |
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