Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Costello, Neil and Richardson, Michael, eds.
Continuing Education for the Post-Industrial Society:
(The Open University Press, 1982).
Paperback. Very good+. x + 146pp. Order No. NSBK-A11113
Keywords: 0335101860, higher education, education, educational, university, universities, colleges, academia, academe, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, adult education, twentieth century, 20th
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Rhodes, Mary.
Ideas for Canvas Work:
(Jarrold and Sons, 1970).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, board edges rubbed, otherwise good in worn dw. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-G13087
Keywords: 0713426349, canvas work, crafts, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £12.00.
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East, Harry.
Cricket is For Fun: A Second Innings from Yorkshire's Golden Age
(Whitethorn Press, 1981).
Paperback. Very good. 81pp. Order No. NSBK-A14561
Keywords: 0950605581, Yorkshire, history, cricket, cricket captains, playing cricket
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Stanko, Elizabeth A.
Intimate Intrusions: Women's Experience of Male Violence
(RKP, 1985).
Paperback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good. x + 211pp. Order No. NSBK-A14362
Keywords: 0710200692, male violence, rape, sexuality, masculinity, gender relations, incest, wife-battering, power, sexual harassment
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Best, Muriel and Lugg, Vicky.
Design Sources for Embroidery:
(Batsford, 1988).
Hardback. Good+ in slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-A13928
Keywords: 071345573X, embroidery, design, sewing, needlework, collage, textiles
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Beik, Mildred Allen.
The Miners of Windber: The Struggles of New Immigrants for Unionization
(Pennsylvania University Press, 1996).
Paperback. Near fine. xxx + 447pp. Order No. NSBK-A10290
Keywords: 0271015675, immigrants, immigration, America, American, USA, US, United States, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, unionization, unionisation, Pennsylvania, Windber, miners, mining, coal, coalminers, coalmining, Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, New Deal, United Mine Workers, ethnicity, ethnic
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Andrewes, Elizabeth.
A Manual for Drawing and Painting:
(Hodder and Stoughton, Teach Yourself Books, 2nd impress., 1979).
Paperback. Edge wear, otherwise good. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-A7871
Keywords: 0340222433, how to draw, drawing, painting, art, art work, learning how to draw and paint, Elizabeth Andrewes, techniques, design
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Elston, Frank.
Organized Games: For the School, The Hall, or the Playground
(E.J. Arnold, ?).
Hardback. Wax mark and soiling to boards, internally good. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A12303
Keywords: B0008BXJX6, leisure, entertainment, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, wheelbarrows, steeplechase, leap frpg, teams, jumping, children, kids
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