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In the 1973/74 season, Bristol Rovers clinched promotion to the old ‘Second Division’ in one of the club’s most memorable campaigns. Thanks largely to the prolific goalscoring …
Whatever happened to the City players of yesteryear? This book attempts to answer this question as it delves into the lives of publicans, postmen and football managers, reminiscing …
This chilling follow-up to Somerset Murders brings together more murderous tales that shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout the nation. Covering the length …
A history of Somerset monasteries
On 30 January 1607 a huge wave, over 7 meters high, swept up the River Severn, flooding the land on either side. The wall of water reached as far in land as Bristol and Cardiff. It …
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Bristol during the 20th century. The book offers an insight into the …
The Bristol Club has played well over 4,000 rugby matches in the course of its proud history. In this book, local rugby historian Mark Hoskins takes an in-depth look at fifty of …
For almost three hundred years, excavations have been carried out in Roman Bath. At first these were rare and sporadic and archaeological finds were made by chance. Even fewer were …
More than 400 million years ago, the oldest rocks in Somerset were formed. On those rocks, a county was built over thousands of years; from prehistoric man and Roman invasion, …