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Baking and Bakeries
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A staple food in many diets, bread has been baked since ancient times and is considered a basic necessity by many. 'Baking and Bakeries' charts the history of baking. The author describes the different methods used in baking and the range of tools ...
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Beers and Breweries of Britain
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This book explores beer's 6000 year history and explains how different styles emerged through the use of different materials and processing methods. The story is brought up to date with an insider's expose of the modern brewing process and an account of which processing aids are employed ...
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Britain's Working Coast in Victorian and Edwardian Times
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The coastline of Victorian and Edwardian Britain provided beauty, entertainment and the venue for most people’s holidays. But it was also a thriving centre of industry. This book travels around Britain’s coast looking at the industries that could be found ...
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Dairying Bygones
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Farm dairies were gradually superseded by large factory-based firms, but many of the objects used by the old farmers and country folk, such as milking stools and pails, churns for making butter, butter beaters and more are illustrated in this guide ...
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Department Stores
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For more than 100 years people have flocked to department stores, whether to browse the huge range of goods or visit a certain department for something specific. Over the years there have been many changes within the stores. This book outlines the evolution of the department store, from innovatious in retailing, advertising ...
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Glass and Glassmaking
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A general introduction to the vast and complex subject of glass, not only the history and technology of glassmaking but also the social background of the lives of the glassmakers.
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Ironworking
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Iron has been used for about 4000 years, it was essential to the industrial revolution and is still the principal metal of commerce. For centuries ironmaking was a manual craft ...
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Life in the Victorian Hospital
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Throughout the Victorian period, life-threatening diseases were no respecter of class, affecting rich and poor alike. However, the medical treatment for such diseases differed significantly, depending on the class of patient ...
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Memories of the Lancashire Cotton Mills
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A nostalgic look back at the county's cotton industry. Includes the workers' recollections and anecdotes, the events, both happy and tragic and the jobs and what they entailed. Profusely illustrated with old photographs ...
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Memories of the Nottinghamshire Coalfields
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During the golden age of mining in Nottinghamshire there were some 42 pits employing over 50,000 men - today only two remain. David Bell talks to ex-miners about what it was like to be part of the mining community ...
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Thatch and Thatching
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The craft of the thatcher probably gives more pleasure to people than any other of our rural crafts; the inclusion in a country scene of a thatched house, ...
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The Cotton Industry
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Cotton was Britain's largest industry for more than a century and its principal source of wealth during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The book tells the story of the cotton ...
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The History of Work and Wages
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A very interesting study of work and wages from Medieval to Victorian times, with chapters including - The Famine and the Plague; The English Poor Law; Agricultural Wages in the 18th Century; Wages in the 19th Century, etc. Useful for family, social and economic history ...
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The Local: A History of the English Pub
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The pub has been at the heart of English life for generations. But how has this unique institution developed over the centuries? Paul Jennings traces the history of the English pub, looking at how it evolved from the coaching inn and the humble alehouse ...
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The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland, 1889-1891
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Our Price: AU$48.00
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Published over three years and four volumes The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and
Ireland is a magnificent insight into the brewing industry at the end of the
nineteenth century.
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The Silk Industry
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A silk industry was first recorded in china about 2600 BC, its secrets spreading along the silk road to reach Constantinople in AD 550. In the fourteenth century it was ...
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The Slate Industry
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What slate is, its uses and its exploitation.
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The Victorian Railway Worker
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Railways quickly became one of the largest employers in the UK, giving work not only to those who ran the trains, but also to a wide range of craftsmen and ...
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The Victorian Soldier
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Although lacking the sophisticated weapons of today, Victorian soldiers were basically no different from their present-day successors. This book aims to bring these soldiers to life through their uniforms, weapons, ...
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The Woollen Industry
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Most places in Britain have some connection with the woollen industry. For several hundred years it was Britain's principal source of wealth and provided more jobs than all ...
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Tracing Your Legal Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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The law had an extraordinary range of individuals, from eminent judges and barristers to clerks and minor officials. Stephen Wade’s concise account of legal history and research resources will be an invaluable guide for anyone who is studying the subject or seeking an ancestor who was associated with it ...
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Tracing Your Pauper Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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The history of paupers and pauperism is not something that people know much about. This book provides a guide to documents and records, from medieval times tot he twentieth century, that researchers can use the trace their English pauper ancestors ...
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Tracing Your Railway Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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This easy-to-read book guides the reader through the social, technical and economic aspects of the story. She also introduces the reader to the variety of records that is available for genealogical research ...
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Tracing Your Shipbuilding Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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This practical handbook will be an invaluable guide for family and local historians and for readers with a more general interest in shipbuilding. It introduces the variety of national and local records that are available for genealogical research and considers the many other resources that can yield fascinating information ...
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Tracing Your Textile Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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Our Price: AU$39.95
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Covering the social and historical aspects of the trade and time, the author also provides details on the variety of records that are available for genealogical research, from census returns, websites and publications to company records and registers, regional archives ...
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Wrought Iron
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Wrought iron has been used as a decorative element in architecture from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries. At first a device to strengthen and embellish doors, wrought iron was ...
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