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Ennerdale 100 - DVD - A Century of Ennerdale Shows

Lamplugh & District Heritage Society
£12.00

The Ennerdale Show started in 1895, as a flower and vegetable show in aid of the village school.

Published by : Lamplugh & District Heritage Society
Published date : 2008
Format : PAL DVD

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Eskdale & Ravenglass - a 1920's Album


£4.20

This is a little album of 1920's photographs including the Eskdale & Ravenglass railway and a selection of postcards of the time.

Published by : PastPresented
Published date : April 2007
Format : 150mm x 210mm stitched paperback

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Eskdale & Ravenglass An Edwardian Album


£4.20

Another collection of photographs and postcards from Eskdale & Ravenglass for those interested in bygone times.

Published by : PastPresented
Published date : 2007
Format : 150mm x 210mm

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Exploring Solway Firth History

Philip Nixon & Hugh Dias
£11.99

REDUCED BY £5.00................

Exploring Solway Firth History is a celebration of an area of outstanding natural beauty, blending contemporary photography with historical fact.

Published by : Breedon Books
Published date : October 2007
Format : 195mm x 276mm hardback

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Farfield Mill - The Restoration

Maureen Lamb
£11.95

Why did a group of people set about the massive task of renovating a derelicy 4 story Victorian woollen mill?

Published by : Maureen Lamb
Published date : June 2008
Format : 156mm x 240mm paperback

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Farm Life in the Lakeland Dales

W.R. Mitchell
£8.99

Fifty years ago, when the author first ventured into the Lake District, as Editor of the magazine Cumbria, he was befriended by the farm folk who scratched a living against the backdrop of high fells. This book is a popular account of how such a life evolved over the centuries, from the first settlers and the colonising Norsemen whose names for places and natural features are spread densely across the Lakeland map.

Published by : DalesCountry
Published date : 2005
Format : Paperback.

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Farm Life on Field and Fell

Alfred Hall
£12.00

Alfred Hall, MBE, founded the World Ploughing Organisation and was its General Secretary for 40 years. He was also involved in many other activities and spent twenty five of his years as a free-lance broadcaster on radio and television, talking about all things farming. This book is a collection of his stories based on some of those original talks broadcast by the BBC.

Published by : Hayloft
Published date : January 2007
Format : 150mm x 210mm paperback

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Fate's Ingenuity 2

David Bradbury
£4.99

Two and a half centuries ago nobody died in motorway pile-ups, nobody got carried away by their heelies, nobody got killed changing a light bulb, but people did find a variety of ways to die by accident.

Published by : Past Presented
Published date : February
Format : 145mm x 215mm

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Fate's Ingenuity 3 - Accidental Deaths in Cumberland 1771-1780

David Bradbury
£4.35

This, the third volume in the series, covers an even shorter time-span than the second. for that you must (as usual) blame the newspapers.

Published by : PastPresented
Published date : June 2008
Format : 115mm x 210mm stitched paperback

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In & Around Carlisle

Ian Ashbridge
£10.99

Included are the barbaric execution of Andrew de Harcla in 1323, and the truth behind the Croglin vampire some 362 years later, the frenzied murder of Mary Brown in St Nicholas in 1826 and that of William Horsley in 1861, strangled by his possessive lady friend who also happened to be his mother-in-law.

Published by : Wharncliffe Books
Published date : October 2006
Format : 155mm x 233mm paperback

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Cumbria

Nicholas Corder
£10.99

The criminal cases vividly described by Nicholas Corder in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side of Cumbria's long history.

Published by : Wharncliffe Books
Published date : July 2008
Format : 156mm x 234mm paperback

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From Cotton Mills to Lakeland Hills

Keith Holland
£11.95

One of 12 children, Keith tells a story of how his 'townie' life in Manchester changed when the family got their little holiday cottage in the Lake District in the early 1930s. He tells of these early years spent enjoying country life and escaping for weekends and school holidays.

Published by : Helm Press
Published date : 2005
Format : Paperback.

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Harrington Through the Years

Harrington Local History Group
£10.00


This is book 5 in the series of 'Harrington through the Years' and as before, submitted photographs and articles have been used in a way that connects with previous publications.

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Published date : December 2006
Format : 210mm x 295mm large paperback

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Harrington through the Years - Book 6

Harrington History Group
£0.00

This is the 6th book in the series of Harrington, Cumbria, brought to us from the archives of the Harrington History Group.

Published by : Harrington History Group
Published date : December 2007
Format : 210mm x 297mm paperback

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Heart of Lakeland

Lehmann J Oppenheimer
£4.95

These classic tales written at the beginning of the last century are widely recognised as capturing the essence of rock-climbing's infancy as it was nurtured at Wasdale Head.



Published by : Ernest Press
Published date : 1988
Format : 122mm x 200mm paperback

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History & Traditions of Ravenstonedale Westmorland

Rev. W. Nicholls
£5.00

William Nicholls was the Minister of High Chapel Congregational Church, Ravenstonedale, from 1869 to 1833, where he is now buried. He had a keen interest in local history, writing five books on various localities. This is his first book, reprinted from the original 1877 edition.

Published by : The Book House
Published date : 1996
Format : Paperback.

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Hurry, Hurry, While Stocks Last

Hunter Davies
£7.95

Reduced to £5.00, a sideways look at the economic, social and shopping history of Cumbria as seen through local advertisements 1850-1940. Hunter Davies traces the changes in Cumbrian life, in attitudes and activities, trends and fashions. He observes the social and

Published by : Bookcase
Published date : 2001
Format : Paperback.

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Hutton in the Forest - The War Years 1939 - 1945

Rita Blake
£3.00

This is an interesting chronology of the changing times and vast upheaval that befell the owners and workers during the war years of the magnificent building and grounds that is Hutton-in-the-Forest. Included are letters, diagrams and notices from that former time.

Published by : Skelton Agricultural Society
Published date : October 2006
Format : 150mm 210mm booklet

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Images of England - Ulverston

Peter Lowe & Carol Bennett
£12.99

This fascinating collection of over 200 archive images explores the historic market town and port of Ulverston.

Published by : Tempus
Published date : December 2006
Format : 165,mm x 235mm paperback

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Images of England: Workington

Richard L.M. Byers
£12.99

This pictorial history traces many of the developments that have taken place in Workington during the last century. Accompanied by supporting text, this book will reawaken nostalgic memories for many, while offering a unique glimpse of Workington's proud heritage for others.

Published by : Tempus.
Published date : 2004
Format : Large paperback.

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In Them Days

Cynthia E. Nichols
£6.50

The gentle reminiscences of Cynthia Nicholas are likely to stir memories among many of a certain age who grew up in Cumbria more than 60 years ago.

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Published date : April 2007
Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback

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January 28th 1908 - The Story of the Roachburn Pit Disaster

Alastair F Robertson
£3.90

Reprinted from 1997 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the flooding of the Roachburn Pit near Brampton Cumbria, and the bravery and ultimate tragedy of the miners who worked there. This is their factual, hour-by-hour, narrative of the disaster.

Published by : Hundy Publications
Published date : January 2008 2nd edition
Format : 150mm x 210mm paperback

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John Mason's Longtown Glossary

Transcribed by Graham Shorrocks
£8.00

John Mason's 'Glossary of the Longtown Dialect' was originally hand-written on the backs of sheets of wallpaper nearly forty years ago.

Published by : Lakeland Dialect Society
Published date : November 2011
Format : 145mm x 205mm paperback

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Keswick - Book 3

Jeff Taylor
£9.00

The introduction to Book 2 of this series started with the sentence, 'why another book?' and the author says this should be equally true for this one. The last time the answer was 'things he had missed first time round' and this time 'it is because new or better photographs have come to hand'!

Published by : Jeff Taylor
Published date : December 2007
Format : 164mm 235mm paperback

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Keswick - More Then Than Now

Jeff Taylor
£8.00

After the publication of the first book, 'Keswick Then & Now', many people asked why certain photographs and comments weren't included. So here is the follow-up that tries to rectify the problem! This time however, the accent is more on the 'then' than in the 'now, which is sure to keep the lovers of the old town of Keswick very happy.

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Published date : 2006
Format : 165mm x 235mm paperback

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