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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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West, E.G..
Education and the Industrial Revolution:
(B.T. Batsford, 1975).
Paperback. Spine faded, very good. 275pp. Order No. NSBK-A73
Keywords: 0713428929, education, school, schools, schooling, children, educating children, child, educate, educated, educator, educators, social history, children's history, education history, educational history, the history of education, educator history, child history, education study, educational study, studying education, studying educational history, infant education, infants schools, infant, work, industry, school, industrial revolution, industrial, workers, worker, worker's revolution, batsford, B.T Batsford, social history, history, historian, historical, record,
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Hollis, Wyndham, ed.
Mr Punch's Progress and Other Observations: A Salute to the Star of the Show by the Punch and Judy College of Professors
(Monkey Puzzle, 1987).
Very scarce. Booklet. Very good. 24pp. Order No. NSBK-F8544
Keywords: B001VIXIHW, Punch and Judy, Punch, Judy, shows, Punch and Judy Shows, Toby, Mr Punch, seaside, entertainment, history, Professor Glyn Edwards, Professor John Styles, Professor Rod Burnett, street entertainment, Professor Caz Frost, Professor Jingles, resorts, show, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, glove puppets, wooden puppets, wood puppets, Swazzle, showman, humour, children's entertainment, booths, booth, seafront, bottler, British, England, English, Britain, heritage, nostalgia, seaside entertainment, booklet
Price £17.00.
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Jones, Huw.
Population Geography:
(Paul Chapman, 2nd edition, 1990).
Paperback. Very good. vii + 321pp. Order No. NSBK-J13884
Keywords: 1853960713, population, demography, geography, fertility, migration, text books
Price £6.00.
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Pearce, A. H.
Porpoise Bay:
(Blackie and Son, 1958).
Hardback. Yellow cloth rather foxed, otherwise good in chipped, worn, lightly soiled original dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-Z15256
Keywords: B002F3ACEY, children's stories, Canada, Canadian, adventures, boys
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Blyton, Enid.
Nature Readers: No 3
(Macmillan, 1949).
Paperback. Slightly wavy. Some curling to top corner and light foxing to edges. Base of spine slightly split, otherwise a good copy. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A13967
Keywords: post war, post-war, children's stories, childhood, children, history, Enid Blyton, Nature Readers, No 3, three, fiction, 1940s, forties
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Kent, Charles.
The Ballad of the Babes in the Wood and all About Them:
(SPCK, 1914).
Illustrated. Hardback. Covers soiled and slightly stained, internally good. 22pp. Order No. NSBK-A10096
Keywords: B000HC1G68, babes in the wood, children's stories, tales, twentieth century, nineteenth century, Victorian, literature, childhood, fiction
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Taylor, Joan.
Mary Martha of Stanford:
(Joan Taylor, 1975).
Booklet. Paperback. Covers slightly browned, marked, otherwise good. 24pp. Order No. NSBK-A13942
Keywords: B001DCPEZ0, Mary Martha of Stanford, Mrs Sherwood, history, children's authors, women writers, Teme Valley, Stanford Rectory, Mary Martha Butt, 19th century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, booklet
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Burke, Peter.
Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe:
(Scolar Press, revised rpt, 1994).
Paperback. Soiling to page edges, otherwise good. xxvii + 377pp. Order No. NSBK-B4326
Keywords: 1859281028, early modern, Europe, history, popular culture, popular beliefs, broadsides, chap-books, social history, society, carnivals, Peter Burke, mentalities, rituals, social behaviour, rites, cultural
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Carlton, Grace.
Spade-Work: the Story of Thomas Greenwood
(Hutchinson & Co, 1949).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Very good in soiled, edge-worn, chipped dustwrapper. 176pp. Order No. NSBK-A14437
Keywords: B0000CHBRK, public libraries, library, Thomas Greenwood, Library Movement, librarians, history, books, biography, biographies, free libraries, Library Association, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, nineteenth century
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