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From the momentous to the outlandish, this little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Kingston-upon-Thames. Learn about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic royal borough--the great and the good, the bad and the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories, triumph, and tragedy. Best places, worst places. Origins, evolution, future. Written by a local who knows what makes Kingston-upon-Thames tick.

Explodes the myth of the golden age of freedom enjoyed by baby boomers as children

Taking you through the year day by day, The Colchester Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of Britain's oldest recorded town. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Colchester's archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

When the citizens of Cooper's Creek vote Ned Turner to be their sheriff, they are blind to what a deadly mistake they are making: Turner is a lawless rogue looking to exploit the position for his own advantage.

What was it like being a teenager in a world without computers, smartphones, DVD players, games consoles or the Internet? If you remember riding a chopper, reading Jackie during the `Winter of Discontent' or watching the Bay City Rollers on Top of the Pops during the long, hot summer of 1976,

Unearthing London

This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Kensington & Chelsea. Learn about the movers and shakers who shaped this fantastic royal borough. Best places - worst places. Local lingo, architecture, green spaces, events, traditions, fact, fiction. Written by a local who knows what makes KENSINGTON & CHELSEA tick.

Life in Roman London approaches the history of Roman London in an entirely new way. Rather than focusing upon a handful of important figures such as procurators and statesmen, this book explores the lives and concerns of the ordinary citizens.

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A telling of the story of the ferocious campaign of bombing and arson waged by the Suffragettes in the years leading up to WW1, and an exploration of the way they have been airbrushed from history, leaving us with a distorted view of the struggle for female suffrage. Publication to coincide with the centenary of the militant suffragettes' attempt to bomb Westminster Abbey in June 1914. *Also appeared in June Buyer's Notes*

Do you remember playing in streets free of traffic? Dancing to the Beatles? Watching a man land on the Moon on TV? Waking up to ice on the inside of the windows? If the answer is yes, then the chances are that you were a child in the 1960s. This delightful compendium of memories will appeal to all who grew up in the East End during the Swinging Sixties. With chapters on games and hobbies, school and holidays, this wonderful volume is sure to j...

This would be the first collection of true criminal cases that took place in Britain during World War I. It offers a fresh perspective on the Home Front during the First World War, and blends wartime history with popular crime.

The first history of British commuting

The author directly compares the Victorian preoccupation with violent crime with our own concerns, covering topics from riots to bombings, violence against the police to street robbery and politically-motivated terrorism.

Describes in detail the concentration camps run in Scotland, which held Jews, communists and homosexuals.

Describes a part of British history which is unknown to most people today.

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