Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia

Life dealt Mary Queen of Scots love, intensity, betrayal and tragedy in generous measure. On the Trail of Mary Queen of Scots traces the major even...

On the Trail of William Wallace offers a refreshing insight into the life and heritage of the great Scots hero whose proud story is at the very hea...

Today it is hard to imagine Glen Gairn, Aberdeenshire, as the lively, thriving community Margaret Fraser remembers. A glen populated with creative ...

In her captivating memoir Through the Leopard's Gaze, Njambi McGrath details the harrowing circumstances of her life as a young girl in Kenya, who ...

The stories in this collection have slipped on a sunbeam, skidded on the dew and sprinted fast as a fox to be here with you. Of course, theyre true...

There is nothing little about the history of Englands largest county, Yorkshire! However, this small volume condenses a rich history into a collect...

Bat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket. Hotten is not just...

*An artistic overview of the East Anglian town of Aldeburgh, with particular reference to the many forms of creative culture it has inspired and co...

This family history book is a study of My Barker Family. It starts with the marriage of Samuel Barker and Elizabeth Stebbing on 14 August 1805 at ...

In the space of just 200 years Hebburn has been transformed from a small fishing hamlet into a modern town of 20,000 inhabitants. The driving force...

Dependent originally on fishing and farming, Margate and Ramsgate benefited as limbs of the Cinque Ports during the Middle Ages, shipping grain to ...

There is a story in the name of almost every street and district in Glasgow, with some tracing their origins to pagan times, long before Glasgow co...

From the third quarter of the seventh century when St Chad wandered into a watery valley in the heart of the Kingdom of Mercia to the Black Death, ...

Shortlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2022 for Nature Writing - Highly Commended Winner for the Richard Jefferies Award 2021 for Best...

'Us firefighters do more than fight fires. We also assist those who have just gone through what's probably the worst experience of their lives.'The...