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'It Were Like This, Me Lass!' Kendilians tell us about life in Kendal from the 1900s

Joan Humphreys and Ann Nelson
£12.95

The authors of this book, Joan Humphreys and Ann Nelson were born and brought up locally and are important members of Kendal Oral History Group has been collecting people's recollections of events in their lifetime in and around Kendal since 1987 and now has over a hundred interviews on tape. It is from these interviews that much of this book has been drawn, together with further history and information gleaned by the authors to produce this unique book of what it was like in Kendal from the late 19th-20th century.

Publisher : Helm Press
Published : 2005
Pages : 144p
Format : Paperback; 240 x 165mm

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**SIGNED EDITION** Bolts from the Blues

**SIGNED EDITION** Bolts from the Blues

Jon Colman
£14.99

A collection of articles, based on
exclusive interviews, about some
of the most iconic goals in Carlisle United’s history.

Publisher : Vertical Editions
Published : September 2020
Pages : 207p
Format : Hardback; 245 x 175mm

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A Canon in Keswick - A Keswick Anthology by Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley

A Canon in Keswick - A Keswick Anthology by Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley

Introduced and edited by Stephen Matthews
£12.00

Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (1851-1920) was vicar of Crosthwaite for 34 years.

He established the Keswick School of Industrial Arts. He was one of the founders of the National Trsut and was directly responsible for the Trust owning vast tracts of land in the area.

Publisher : Bookcase
Published : March 2020
Pages : 217p
Format : Paperback; 210 x 148mm

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A Century of Heversham and Leasgill

A Century of Heversham and Leasgill

Malcolm Sisson
£4.50

During the last hundred years Haversham and Leasgill has witnessed many changes and this book has tried to capture life in these two villages during the century and how it has developed.

Publisher : Helm Press
Published : 2000
Pages : 68p
Format : Paperback; 210 x 145mm

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A County of Refuge: Refugees in Cumbria 1933-1941

A County of Refuge: Refugees in Cumbria 1933-1941

Rob David
£17.00

This well-illustrated book examines Cumbria's response to the refugee crisis of the 1930s and early 1940s. Drawing on a wealth of archive material and oral testimony the author demonstrates that at that time many Cumbrians welcomed refugee groups from Spain, Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia.

Publisher : CWAAS
Published : June 2020
Pages : 133p
Format : Paperback; 245 x 174mm

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A History of Longtown and District Volume One 'The Olde Border Town'

A History of Longtown and District Volume One 'The Olde Border Town'

Gordon L. Routledge
£15.00

Longtown has a troubled history influenced by its location so close to the border with Scotland and nestling on the edge of what were the notorious ‘Debateable Lands.’ It was a place of great importance during the days when pack horses and stage coaches were the only means of transport between England and Scotland. The township evolved by the ford on the River Esk, probably along the original Roman route and at one of the great passes leading northwards into the wild and untamed regions of Caledonia.

Publisher : P3 Publications
Published : December 2019
Pages : 144p
Format : Paperback; 297 x 210mm

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A Lakeland Boyhood

A Lakeland Boyhood

David Clark, Lord Clark of Windermere
£12.00

David Clark has always believed the Lake District is a special place. His memoirs of the forties and fifties give a unique insight into a thriving rural community of working people which is now long gone. His warm style brings to life his happy years growing up in a family struggling to make ends meet; including facing eviction, which made a lasting impression on him. Working on the land meant the family lived close to nature and he learned the names of all the local flora and fauna.

Publisher : Hayloft
Published : May 2020
Pages : 182p
Format : Paperback; 200 x 130mm

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A New History of Penrith Book V: Penrith in the Nineteenth Century - Chapters on the Victorian Town

A New History of Penrith Book V: Penrith in the Nineteenth Century - Chapters on the Victorian Town

Michael A. Mullett
£15.00

'Penrith in the Nineteenth Century: Chapters on the Victorian Town' is the fifth volume in a ground-breaking, long-range history of a quintessential English market town.

In this collection of essays Michael Mullett, an Internationally acclaimed historian of early modern Europe, explores the transformation of Penrith from a manorial possession into a self-governing urban community and a flagship in Cumbria of the heroic Victorian 'Age of Improvement'.

Publisher : Bookcase
Published : February 2020
Pages : 402p
Format : Paperback; 210 x 148mm

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A Peopled Landscape: A Lakes Anthology by Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley

A Peopled Landscape: A Lakes Anthology by Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley

Introduced and Edited by Stephen Matthews
£15.00

LONGLISTED FOR LAKELAND BOOK OF YEAR 2020

Canon Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (1851-1920) left his mark on the Lake District. He founded the National Trust and he fought for the conservation of the landscape. He erected monuments and resurrected festivals and established the Keswick School of Industrial Arts. And he was a very energetic, opinionated and influential clergyman and parish priest.

Publisher : Bookcase
Published : February 2020
Pages : 293p
Format : Paperback; 210 x 148mm

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A-Z of Carlisle: Places-People-History

A-Z of Carlisle: Places-People-History

Andrew Graham Stables
£14.99

The Cumbrian city of Carlisle has a rich and colourful history. Being so close to the Scottish border, Carlisle became a military stronghold and its surviving eleventh-century castle bears testament to this. During the Industrial Revolution it grew into a major centre of textile manufacture and an important railway hub and has long been key to North Cumbria's industry.

Publisher : Amberley
Published : September 2019
Pages : 95p
Format : Paperback; 164 x 234mm

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Abel Heywood's Guide Books - Keswick & Derwentwater Illustrated

Abel Heywood's Guide Books - Keswick & Derwentwater Illustrated


£3.30

Here is a guide book originally published in the 1890's by a Manchester firm, reprinted almost page for page (except for a few non-Lakeland advert}, complete with all the original spelling mistakes. To tell the truth, there is one major difference - back then it only cost a penny....

Publisher : PastPresented
Published : March 2007 reprinted
Pages : 36
Format : 145mm x 210mm stitched paperback

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Abel Heywood's Guide Books - Windermere & Grasmere Illustrated

Abel Heywood's Guide Books - Windermere & Grasmere Illustrated


£2.99

Here is a guide book originally published in the 1890's by a Manchester firm, reprinted almost page for page (except for a few non-Lakeland advert}, complete with all the original spelling mistakes. To tell the truth, there is one major difference - back then it only cost a penny....

Publisher : PastPresented
Published : March 2007 reprinted
Pages : 32
Format : 145mm x 210mm stitched paperback

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Across the Oceans - Emigration From Cumberland and Westmorland before 1914

Across the Oceans - Emigration From Cumberland and Westmorland before 1914

Margaret E. Shepherd
£15.00

For centuries Cumbrian migrants left all that they knew and travelled to a new life.

Publisher : BOOKCASE
Published : May 2011
Pages : 220
Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback

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An Old Westmorland Garage

An Old Westmorland Garage

Bernard Crabtree edited by Anne Bonney
£9.99

Bernard Crabtree was born in 1908, the elder son of Zenas and Edith, of Osborne Terrace, Kendal. Zenas was a pattern maker from Hebden Bridge and came to Kendal in the early 1900s and helped build the first motor car in Kendal.

Publisher : Helm Press
Published : 2000
Pages : 160p
Format : Paperback; 208 x 148mm

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Annan from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth

Annan from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth

John A. Thomson
£9.00

Annan - People and Places, 1830s to 2020s
John Thomson was born in Annan and has lived all his life there, much of it at Summerhill overlooking the Solway.

Publisher : John A Thomson
Published : New Edition 2020
Pages : 156p
Format : Hardback; 220 x 155mm

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Behind the Scenes at the Museum of Baked Beans - My Search for Britain's Maddest Museums

Behind the Scenes at the Museum of Baked Beans - My Search for Britain's Maddest Museums

Hunter Davies
£12.99

'I am fascinated by people turning their daft dreams into a reality. How did they do it and why?'

Publisher : Virgin Books
Published : July 2010
Pages : 296
Format : 136mm x 215mm paperback

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Being Prepared - 100 Years of Scouting in Cumbria

Being Prepared - 100 Years of Scouting in Cumbria

Roy McNamara
£15.00

Scouting started in the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire Beyond the Sands in 1908. Today the Scouts are as active as ever and fully prepared for their next century.

Publisher : Bookcase
Published : August 2007
Pages : 384
Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback

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Bid Up Now! Livestock Markets in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire

Bid Up Now! Livestock Markets in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire

John A Thomson F.I.A. Scot.
£12.95

Following at least five generations of livestock salesmen and with some sixty years as an auctioneer, John Thomson, with his lifetime experience, is well placed to tell the story of the development of marts and livestock auctioneering over two centuries.

Publisher : C. and D. Rural
Published : May 2019
Pages : 250p
Format : Paperback; 240 x 164mm

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Bleeding Blisters & Opium

Bleeding Blisters & Opium

Joshua Dixon
£14.95

Eighteenth Century Whitehaven was devastated by outbreaks of contagious fevers and epidemics of the most feared disease of all, smallpox.

Publisher : Stainburn Publishing
Published : 2009
Pages : 200
Format : 128mm x 198mm paperback

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Bonny Cumberland: Music From The Manuscripts Of Fiddlers In The Lake District c.1750-1880

Bonny Cumberland: Music From The Manuscripts Of Fiddlers In The Lake District c.1750-1880

John Offord
£18.00

This is the third collection of tunes issued by the indefatigable John Offord, whose previous publications include the groundbreaking and hugely influential John Of The Green: The Cheshire Way. Here are no less than 480 tunes from the Lake District area - the book could just as easily have been called Bonny Westmorland - and they cover a range of types and styles.

Publisher : Green Man Music
Published : 2018
Pages : 180p
Format : Paperback; 296 x 210mm

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Carlisle In the Great War

Carlisle In the Great War

David Carter
£14.99

Already an important railway junction, with industrial and commercial interests reflecting its historical position on the border with Scotland, Carlisle became a key settlement in the Great War.

Publisher : Pen and Sword
Published : September 2014
Pages : 238
Format : Paperback; 155mm x 233mm

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Cells, Clean and Clear: The Story of Kendal Borough Police Force 1836 to 1947

Cells, Clean and Clear: The Story of Kendal Borough Police Force 1836 to 1947

Phillip Bonney
£13.95

Much has been written over the years of the formation of the Metropolitan Police and the struggles they had being introduced in the capital and the major industrial towns.

Publisher : Helm Press
Published : May 2019
Pages : 90p
Format : Paperback; 296 x 210mm

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Cockermouth Mechanics' Band

Cockermouth Mechanics' Band

Geoff Hunter
£7.99

A fantastic biographical history of the oldest band in Cumberland, richly illustrated throughout.

Publisher : Bookcase.
Published : 2005
Pages : 104
Format : Paperback.

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Cold Meat And How To Disguise It

Cold Meat And How To Disguise It

Hunter Davies
£9.99

Credit has been crunched, banks hammered, the economy battered, prices up, hopes down.

Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Published : April 2009
Pages : 160
Format : 134mm x 204mm hardback36

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Cumbria at War: The Home Front DVD

Cumbria at War: The Home Front DVD

Andrew Leitch
£9.95

Narrated by local broadcaster Eric Wallace, this film captures the spirit of wartime Cumbria. Using rarely seen material, Cumbria at War takes the armchair historian into another world, with POW camps, devastation caused by the Blitz and much more.

Publisher : Andrew Leitch
Published : 2005
Pages :
Format : DVD

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