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We're Shiftin'
Born in 1943, Richard Pottinger grew up in and around the small rural villages near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. His engaging childhood reminiscences reveal the charm of living a …
The Story of Finstall
This light-hearted, liberally illustrated book tells of the way that the tiny Finstall hamlet of the seventeenth century grew, as more and more wealthy business men took over the …
Wet and Dry
Commander Geoffrey Greenish spent all 47 years of his working life from the age of 17 to 65 in the service of his country and he can truthfully say that it was extremely varied, …
Accidents Will Happen
This book is an account of the author's thirty years (1964-1994) of enforcing safety and health in the steel and metal processing industries in South Yorkshire, the textile and …
A Black Country Childhood
Black Country Childhood is an offbeat sketch, by turns satirical and rueful, of growing up in an undistinguished West Midlands town in the 1960s. The author challenges the …
And Nothing for Reward
When Christine Wilson began a collaboration with her old university professor, Alex Burns, on a series of magazine articles, they hadn't met for nearly thirty years. In the …
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Birmingham would like so much to be recognised and respected as England's second city. Unfortunately neither the local football teams nor the city Council do much to help. This …
Beyond the Notes
Stephannie Williams ('Steve' to all who know her) has led a busy life representing artists and arranging musical festivals both on land and at sea, for over 35 years of ocean-going …
The Legend of Morvidus Continues
When Alex can't play cricket with his friends because of lockdown, he finds comfort in cricket stories. He asks Dad to tell him the story of how the symbol of the Bear came to be …
The Little Book of Slang, Sayings, Jargon & Humour
The definition of slang according to the Oxford Dictionary is'a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal are more common in speech than …