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The Tommy of the First World War (9781445669878)‘Tommy Atkins’ has been the nickname given to soldiers of the British Army since the eighteenth century. The origin of the name is shrouded in mystery, but it has stuck. By 1914, the Tommy had...$14.95 -
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Working on the Victorian Railway (9781445665221)The quarter-century after the Rainhill Trials was an exciting period of growth and experimentation on the railways. The railway locomotive evolved from a lumbering curiosity to being indispensable –...$23.95 -
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Leyland Tractors (9781445667102)Leyland Tractors explores the story of the Leyland tractor, beginning with the orange Nuffield tractor of 1948, which was to influence the development of Leyland tractors in many key ways. The focus...$22.95 -
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Yeovil From Old Photographs (9781445665269)Yeovil rose to prominence in the 1800s as a major centre of glove making. By the early twentieth century, it was dominated by the defence industry, making it a target for German bombers during the...$22.95 -
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Whitby Between the Wars (9781445662725)Whitby is an ancient coastal town in North Yorkshire built around the mouth of the River Esk, and today it is a popular holiday resort attracting visitors wanting to sample the beach, fish and chips,...$24.95 -
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Treasures of Roman Lincolnshire (9781445664705)The county of Lincolnshire has a rich and varied Roman heritage. From the major Colonia at Lincoln, featuring some of the most significant remains to be seen in Britain, to sweeping agricultural...$24.95 -
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Yorkshire Rider Buses (9781445669045)Yorkshire Rider was created out of the 1985 Transport Act, which became known as Deregulation. The West Yorkshire PTE created Yorkshire Rider Limited, who had to bid for the bus services they wish to...$22.95 -
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Victorian & Edwardian Nottingham Through Time (9781445656564)In 1897, Nottingham was granted a city charter to coincide with the celebrations accompanying Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. By then Nottingham already had a history going back to at least the...$24.95 -
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Tyneside Railways (9781445662305)Tyneside is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of the railway. Long before ‘Railway Mania’ gripped Victorian Britain, pioneering engineers on both sides of the Tyne were connecting collieries to...$24.95 -
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Weymouth The Postcard Collection (9781445661360)As a popular seaside town and resort on the south coast, Weymouth is loved by locals and visitors alike for its rich and varied history. The town was particularly favoured by the Georgians, who...$24.95 -
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The Wreck of the SS London (9781445656540)The loss of the Costa Concordia in 2012 shocked Europe when thirty-two passengers died on a luxury liner. Yet in mid-Victorian times, more lives than this were lost in shipwrecks every week. This...$24.95 -
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The Ancient Greeks in 100 Facts (9781445656427)Ancient Greece was never just one nation: it was a disparate collection of independent city-states, often embroiled in war with each other, with separate governments, their own armies and distinct...$13.95