New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Countryside Books
Military Photographs and How to Date Them
by Neil Storey
The military photographs in family albums stand out as different and
distinctive and the sight of an ancestor in uniform stirs thoughts of what
he or she did and where they served. However, because of the distance
of time or the reticence of many old soldiers, the family historian can
be left with many frustrating puzzles to solve when faced with an unlabeled
photograph. But there are always clues and author Neil Storey
offers advice on identifying military uniforms, badges, insignia, ranks,
medals and the equipment worn by our military ancestors. These items
can provide a wealth of information about the person or people in the
photograph and can lead to many new avenues of research. This book covers the UK’s military history from
the 1870s to the 1940s with chapters on Soldiers of the Queen, The Edwardian soldier, the First World War,
the Inter War years and the Second World War. Each chapter has an introduction followed by a wide range of
photographs showing a good cross-section from all the services, corps and line infantry with helpful sections
about how to interpret the clues revealed by uniform details.
192p, 230 b/w photos, paperback, 9781846741524, $29.95, Countryside Books, November 2009.
Memories of
Northumberland Coalfields
by Neil Taylor
A nostalgic look back at the county’s coalfields.
Includes the miners’ recollections and
anecdotes, the events, both happy and tragic,
and the pit jobs and what they entailed.
Profusely illustrated with old photographs.
128p, b/w photos, paperback,
9781846741005, $19.95, Countryside Books,
December 2009.
Cumbria at War 1939–1945
by Ron Freethy
The full story of those living and working locally in the last war. It includes chapters
on ship building, the air war, the secret invasion plans, P.O.W. camps, the land army,
the Home Guard, refugees and rationing.
176p, illus, paperback, 9781846741586, $23.95, Countryside Books, November 2009.
Kent and the Battle of Britain
by Robin J Brooks
Memories and stories of those who took part, from fighter pilots and ground crew,
to Civil Defence workers and ordinary Kentish men and women. All witnessed the
battle fought out in the skies above Kent during the hot summer of 1940.
96p, paperback, 9781846741654, $19.95, Countryside Books, November 2009.
modern history
Memories of Staffordshire Potteries
by Mervyn Edwards
A nostalgic look back at the county’s pottery industry with first-hand accounts,
anecdotes and stories. Includes chapters on Bottle Ovens, Life in a Pottery Town,
Smoky Stoke and Potbank Humour.
128p, illus, paperback, 9781846741715, $21.95, Countryside Books, November 2009.
Memories of Lincolnshire Farming
by Alan Stennett
Using first-hand accounts, Alan Stennett - the locally well-known British broadcaster
- pieces together what life was like on Lincolnshire farms from the early
1900s to the present day.
176p, illus, paperback, 9781846741685, $23.95, Countryside Books, December 2009.
Memories of the Fishing Industry in Cornwall
by Sheila Bird
Provides an insight into centuries of varied and colourful fishing activity along
Cornwall’s 200 miles of coastline. With first-hand accounts of life at sea and on land.
128p, illus, paperback, 9781846741579, $21.95, Countryside Books, December 2009.
Memories of the Lancashire Aircraft Industry
by Ron Freethy
A nostalgic look back at the county’s aircraft industry from balloon flight through
to the A.R. Roe company’s Lancaster and Vulcan bombers and the English Electric’s
Canberra and Lightening fighter.
176p, illus, paperback, 9781846741661, $23.95, Countryside Books, November 2009.
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