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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Lynd, Alice and Staughton.
Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working Class Organizers
(Unitarian Universalist Ass/Beacon, 1974).
Paperback. Covers worn and pages browned, otherwise good. 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A12707
Keywords: 0691028257, working class, working-class, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, unions, trade unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, collective action
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Allsop, Gladys.
Reminiscences: Reminiscences of a Manchester Woman
(Janice Owen, 1987).
Paperback. Top spine end damaged (torn and bumped), newspaper review pasted to front endpaper, a good working copy. 61pp. Order No. NSBK-C14871
Keywords: 0951240609, Manchester, North West, history, autobiographies, autobiography, social history, women, Gladys Allsop, Wythenshawe Park, May Day, Whit Monday
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Brown, David.
Blip: A Personal History of Huntingdon Town Council 1995-1999
(David Brown, Huntingdon, 1999).
Paperback. Fine. xv + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A14343
Keywords: 0953776204, town councils, town council, Huntingdon, history, local politics, local government, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Labour, Cambridgeshire
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Billiere, General Sir Peter de la.
Storm Command: A Personal Account of the Gulf War
(Harper Collins, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 348pp. Order No. NSBK-A13960
Keywords: 0002551381, Storm Command, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, wars, Gulf War, General Sir Peter de la Billiere
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Mckenna, Paul.
Stop Worrying: Paul Mckenna's Personal Hypnotherapy
(Paul Mckenna Productions, 1998).
Brand new, mint, shrinkwrapped audio cassette. Audio Cassette. Brand new, shrinkwrapped and mint condition, a scarcely seen and highly regarded resource. pp. Order No. NSBK-F13808
Keywords: 1900148064, Paul McKenna, mckenna, hypnosis, hypnotism, self help, self-help, self-improvement, self improvement, self study, self-study, hypnotist, mckenna, deep relaxation, relaxation, stress, stressed, relax, hypnotised, stressful, technique, techniques, psychological, relax, relaxation, relaxed, confident, confidence, worry, worrying, worrier, worries, thought process, thoughts
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Becke, A. F.
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions: The Regular British Divisions Part 1
(Sherwood Press, 1990).
Based on Official Documents. The Regular British Divisions Part 1. By Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, a little curling to edges, covers soiled, internally good. ix + 130pp. Order No. NSBK-A14883
Keywords: 0948983019, First World War, World War I, history, battles, army, divisions, British, fighting, Western Front, order of battle
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Paul, Nanette B.
The Great Woman Statesman:
(Hogan-Paulus Corporation, 1925).
Hardback. Slight staining to cover, otherwise good+. 169pp. Order No. NSBK-C12659
Keywords: B000862N7E, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, statesman, statesmen, suffrage, suffragettes, temperance, Women's Rights Conventions, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States
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Shaw, Frank & Joan.
We Remember Dunkirk: Over 100 Personal Accounts
(Echo Press, 1983).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stickers, otherwise good in slightly torn dustwrapper. xiii + 231pp. Order No. NSBK-A2903
Keywords: 1872779 00X, Dunkirk, British Legion, war, Second World War, World War II, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Colmer, John.
E. M. Forster: The Personal Voice
(RKP, 1975).
Paperback. Very good+. xii + 243pp. Order No. NSBK-A13820
Keywords: 0710094965, E. M. Forster, novels, literature, literary, novelists, fiction, writers, writing, authors, literary criticism, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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