EAST ANGLIA • CAMBRIDGESHIRE • ESSEX • NORFOLK • NORTHAMPTONSHIRE • SUFFOLK • MISCELLANEOUS
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| £8.95 | ISBN: 0 946148 46 5 |
| ‘Turnip’ Townshend - Statesman and Farmer A new biography of Charles, second Viscount Townshend. He spent nearly 20 years in public life, directing Britain‘s foreign policy. One of a select group of Norfolk men and women, his influence on both local and national change make him of interest to both East Anglian and a wider readership (paperback 96 pages) |
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| £4.99 | ISBN: 1 85770 137 2 |
| Wide ranging questions on the history, folklore, people, places, buildings and bygones. Ideal for question and answer sessions, pub quizzes or some solitary brain teasing. (paperback 64 pages) |
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| £5.95 | ISBN: 1 85770 190 9 |
| Turf digging could be said to have brought civilisation to the fens by providing a steady income and living for its workers. From before the Roman Occupation to well into the twentieth century, the turf industry survived until conceding to the effects of fen drainage and the availability of coal via the railways. This book contains a collection of rare photographs and text, concentrating on the areas around Wicken, Burwell, Reach and Swaffham Prior illustrating the turf industry during its final years. (paperback 74 pages) |
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| £14.99 | ISBN: 1 904136 06 0 |
| The firm of George Comins, Auctioneers, Valuers and Land agents was in business in the centre of Ely and the surrounding villages from 1856, when George Comins founded the firm, until 1982 when George William Drage Comins his grandson retired. The firm became “Comins” before amalgamating with Messrs. Cheffins, Grain and Chalk to become Cheffins, Grain and Comins, now Cheffins. The author is the great grand daughter of the founder of the firm. (paperback 108 pages) |
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| £7.50 | ISBN: 1 904136 18 4 |
| Explore the wild places of Cambridgeshire with this well-illustrated guide to the county‘s Nature Reserves and Conservation Areas. There are directions for 10 walks with details of the wildlife to look out for and places of interest in the neighborhood. (paperback 88 pages) |
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| £7.99 | ISBN: 1 904136 22 2 |
| A third selection of old pictures taking a further look at the village of Wicken and its surrounding countryside as seen through the eyes of local photographers. Seen here are people going about their day-to-day life, at work and at play, during a golden era of days long-since past and gone forever. (paperback 104 pages) |
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