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This new book by Janet Bennett continues the story of the Caribbean community in Burton upon Trent.
Janet talks to the second generation children and the mixed marriage couples giving the reader an interesting insight into an aspect of Burton culture.
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The story of 100 years of Gresley Male Voice Choir.
This choir is still going strong and what a history!
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A selection of poems by the Chairman of Derby Poetry Society, Neil Adams.
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This selection of poems by Neil includes the famous 'The Song the Train Sang'.
- Suzanne Stone
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Suzanne writes with an inner sense of understanding on the joys and sorrows of life. Through personal experiences, Suzanne hones in on the most intimate thoughts and feelings of special moments in life.
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Neil follows the style of famous poets to present this 'different' approach to this poetry.
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This book shows something of what made the Derbyshire / Leicestershire Coalfields so important to the area and the people.
An ordinary family, ripped apart by tragedy. The mother, withdrawn, surviving on sedatives. Supported by a loving daughter. The father, silently suffering. It could happen anywhere. It does. Everyday.
Black Burton Remembered. A selection of memories told by the first generation of Caribbean settlers in Burton upon Trent to their children. Take a trip back into the fifties and sixties with snippits, some sad, some humorous of Burton's new arrivals.
The third in this series continuing the saga. The authors' own forty years experience as a pilot brings history in the air to life.
The first of four volumes, this book introduces the two loves of Paul Cowley, aviation being the first and is played out between Derby, Darlington and the Western Front. A fictional story but based on true aviation history. Join Paul in the skies in the pioneering aircraft of the First World War.
The final volume brought to conclusion by our author Pat Cunningham DFM. A fantastic 4 volume historical saga of one man's love for a woman and love for the planes which fought our battles in the air against all odds.
The second volume continuing the flying and love saga of our hero Paul Cowley. Air battles of the Great War could not be described better, based on actual historic events.
The perfect present for the "baby-boomer" in your life.
If you, or someone you love, remembers the sheer horror of ballroom dancing at school, the `flying wedge' football formation (one person actually kicking the ball, the rest of the team running after him), or chewing gum machines that gave an extra packet every fourth turn, then this book is for you.
Phil Whiteland takes a wry look at growing up in the 1950s and 1960s that is sure to guarantee a smile on every page.
24 full colour cards in superb detail by the artist John Batchelor of classic motorcycles, including Ariel, Norton, Zenith, BMW, Suzuki and many more.
Go shopping in Burton.
Fill the dolly tub.
Catch the last ferry across the River Trent.
Board the last tram from Winshill.
Meet the 'Pocket Venus' and the Marquess of Hastings.
Investigate the origins of Monk's Bridge.
Pick mulberries...
The explosion at RAF Fauld bomb store near Burton-on-Trent on November 27 1944, left 70 people dead or missing and a crater 250 yards wide where a farm used to be.
Yet the authorities kept the ammunition store in work until well into the Cold War.
This book looks at the official files long kept secret and hears stories from those who were there.
Thousands of young Australians flew bombers from Britain against Nazi-held Europe in the Second World War.
This book tells their stories – of combat, of life on the ground, of loves and fears; of training; and how they looked back on their war years.
The men were lucky to survive – and fortunate, too, to share a wartime comradeship.
In this follow up to Going for a Burton, the history of Burton is brought into the present.
The town entered the 21century at the crossroads, having lost one identity – that of 'brewing' capital – and yet to find another.
This book is a celebration of everyday life and people.
Here is the story of Burton from the years it made it's name for beer.
Yet Burton was always more than a brewery town.
The characters inside are not just Messrs Bass and Worthington, or coopers and malsters, but railwaymen, farm workers, women and children.
This well illustrated book covers events like the Zeppelin raid of 1916 and the royal visit of 1929.
After 30 years with the Prison Service, Richard was awarded the Imperial Service Medal. He then decided to record his experiences in the form of this autobiography. A fascinating insight to life 'inside' told with humour and passion.
This is a short and sweet guide how to write and publish your own book. It covers the what, why, how and when. Some sound advice and 'pitfalls'.
Yes, a motorcycle theme but there is much more than that:
Boyhood in Rhyl during the depression driven 1930's.
Engineering apprenticeship in Dickensian conditions in Derby, then Aero Engine Development at Rolls-Royce.
Along the way this book tells the story of the motorcycles and the characters who rode them against the backdrop of those times.
A fully comprehensive coverage of the Moira Collieries from 1804 until 1919. This is a reprint of the original publication by Mr John Turner. It covers all aspects of a working colliery and its workers.
The recounting of the history of the Burton on Trent fire Brigade is not just a backward glance at a time past, or a procession of 'facts and figures'; it is a walk through a period, now long gone: eavesdropping on local events and occurrences, sharing hopes and on occasion, the despair of the men, and women, who made up Burton's Fire Brigade, along with the inevitable humour, not only of the fire-fighters themselves, but also of the townsfolk in general.
