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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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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Finer, S. E.
Anonymous Empire: A Study of the Lobby in Great Britain
(Pall Mall Press, rpt., 1966).
Paperback. Lacks fly leaf, covers browned, otherwise good. xiii + 173pp. Order No. NSBK-A6073
Keywords: B0000CMY6T, political, politics, twentieth century, lobby, lobbying, lobbies, Resale Price Maintenance Bill, Finance Bill, Race Relations Bill, Bills, governments, Parliaments, Britain, British, England, English, history, laws, legal
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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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Kelly, Thomas, ed.
A Select Bibliography of Adult Education in Great Britain:
(Nat Institute of Adult Education, rpt., 1974).
Hardback. Very good in browned dustwrapper. xiii + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A8338
Keywords: 0900559268, adult education, education, educational, schools, schooling, bibliographies, bibliography, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Thistlethwaite, William.
Four Lectures on the Rise, Progess and Past Proceedings: of the Society of Friends in Great Britain
(A. W. Bennett, 1865).
With brief historical notices of some preceding and contemporary events. Hardback. Spine and corners ends slightly split, worn, light marking to boards, a small library sticker on spine, otherwise good. vi + 152pp. Order No. NSBK-A6068
Keywords: B000HC4R5U, Society of Friends, Quakers, religion, religious, nonconformity, non-conformity, nonconformism, non-conformism, dissenters, nonconformists, non-conformists, dissent, Victorian, nineteenth century, societies, associations, Quakerism
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Rogers, Pat, ed.
Daniel Defoe: A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain
(Webb and Bower, abridged version, 1989).
Abridged, illustrated. Hardback. Light soiling to dustwrapper, otherwise very good. 240pp. Order No. NSBK-Z14701
Keywords: 0863502903, Daniel Defoe, tour, eighteenth century
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Haining, Peter.
The Great English Earthquake:
(Robert Hale, rpt., 2002).
Paperback. Fine. 219pp. Order No. NSBK-H13040
Keywords: 0709043910, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, earthquakes, tremors, Altrincham, Cheshire
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Haddon, Celia.
Great Days and Jolly Days: The Story of Girls' School Songs
(Hodder and Stoughton, 1977).
Hardback. Dustwrapper ripped / torn in a few places, otherwise very good. 125pp. Order No. NSBK-C14115
Keywords: B001O3B4ES, gender, education, history, girls' schools, women, songs, singing, music, learning, Empire, convents, Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom, UK, women's education
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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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