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Stuart Hylton
What the Railways Did For Us will be of interest to rail enthusiasts and to readers with an interest in the social history of Great Britain.
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A nostalgic look at the Brits at play from the end of the war to the present.
A guide to steam engines and steam railways for young people, aged 8-13.
Explore the fascinating town of Reading in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.
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The traditional image of the Home Front in World War II is of cheery Londoners, singing along to Vera Lynn on the radio and making do and mending as bombs…
Reporting the Blitz takes a fresh look at the home front during World War Two, using local newspaper archives from around the country to throw light on some relatively neglected…
The Little Book of Manchester is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in the city, from its Roman origins to the present day.
In Reading: The 1950s Stuart Hylton gives a fascinating account of the town and its people during a decade of rapid and memorable change.
The fascinating - and sometimes bizarre and fatal - early story of the motor car
An illuminating, lavishly illustrated introduction to the history of a great British institution - the seaside.
This book is for anyone wishing to know more about Manchester’s illustrious past and the city’s prominent place in the nation’s development.
An important new study with a vast scope: the people and events that made the achievements of Stephenson and Brunel possible
Full of information you didn’t know about Berkshire
The Home Front as seen by the wartime media, highlighting community and social ties
Fun facts and trivia about Manchester, new in paperback
