Newport Pagnell during the First World War
Like every other community in the country the ancient market town of Newport Pagnell was affected by the Great War which began on August 4th 1914. Nobody could have anticipated the change it was to bring about in society and Newport Pagnell was a very different place 100 years ago. In this important book historian […]
StonyStratford during the First World War
In 1914, Great Britain, as it liked to call itself, had enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity and Stony Stratford was not excepted from this general well being. An assassination in far off Sarajevo would hardly seem to disturb that, but it did trigger a series of events that led to Britain entering […]
I Grew Up in Wolverton Too
This second volume of Facebook converstaions brings together well over 250 Wolverton people of all genera-tions and from many parts of the world to discuss the Wolverton they once knew and the Wolverton they now live in. In this volume we focus on Wolverton in transi-tion, essentially the post-Milton Keynes years, when Wolverton changed from […]
Meon
Bryan Dunleavy’s portrait of the Meon Valley takes us on a journey from the river‘s source in the Hampshire Downs and follows its progress to the Solent. On the way he explores the main attractions of this scenic valley and investigates some of its hidden corners. The paintings and sketches in this book comprise a […]
Inns of Stony Stratford
Stony Stratford was an important stopping place on the Watling Street and soon after its foundation at the end of the 12th century it became an attractive resting place for royal entourages. The town was the scene of some famous events in English history and from the 18th century to the arrival of the railways […]
Tales of Abd’ El Azar
Tales of Abd’ el Azar is a fictional account of stories of magic, love and derring-do brought back to 17th century England by Thomas Swain, a merchant adventurer of Bristol who shared a cell with the aged storyteller Abd’ el Azar in Mosul, a city in present day Iraq.The Tales take us to Mesopotamia, to […]
Lanterns in Wet Leaves
The poems are made accessible by her directness of language, particularly through the skilful use of the sound and rhythm of the words. This comes as no surprise, given that Rosemary is herself an accomplished musician. She is also a visual artist and the illustrations and cover of this volume are her own work.
Sonata in the Key of Life
Rosemary Parrott’s first collection of poems takes the reader on a journey that is both physical and spiritual, moving from Guernsey to Crete, from Exposition to Development to Recapitulation. Richly descriptive, her words capture emotions and sentiments that will strike a chord in most readers’ minds and hearts. Whether she is describing the fertile imagination […]
I Grew Up in Wolverton
The small, the trivial, the large, the important – the memories come tumbling out in Facebook conversations as people recall their growing years in Wolverton. The memories range from the 1940s to the 1990s while people recall little bits of life in Wolverton. The result is a unique (and very readable) portrait of growing up […]