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Victorian & Edwardian Sussex
Over one hundred and fifty of the best photographic images from the turn of the twentieth century are reproduced here together with contemporary descriptions of Sussex folk and their lives.
Victorian & Edwardian Surrey
Surrey, one of England's smallest counties, has for centuries embodied contrasts in style and appearance. In the north where its boundary is the Thames, there is industrial and, more recently, suburban London, and further South, are the more rural areas of the Downs and Weald, which were the playground for 'Londoners' for centuries.
Victorian & Edwardian Kent
The lives of ordinary men and women were played out in front of this rich and varied backdrop, and Victorian and Edwardian Kent captures the flavour of this bygone era.
Goudhurst to Tenterden in Old Photographs
This addition to the Britain in Old Photographs series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections and professional photographers, they show the way things were and how they have changed.
Geranium
They are sometimes called storksbills and originated in South Africa. They may be star-shaped or funnel-shaped, and they range in color from white, pink, and orange-red to fuchsia and deep purple. The geranium and its many species, much loved and also much loathed, have developed since the seventeenth century into one of the most popular garden plants. In this book, Kasia Boddy tells the story of geranium’s seemingly inexorable rise, unearthing the role it has played in everything from plant-hunting and commercial cultivation to alternative medicine, the philanthropic imagination, and changing styles in horticultural fashion. Boddy shows how geraniums became the latest fad for wealthy coll...
The Local Historian
Issues for autumn 1961- include the Standing Conference for Local History Bulletin.
Kent: 1900-1924
Covering the period 1900 to 1924, this volume explores the history of Kent. It begins when Queen Victoria was head of the British Empire, motor cars were a novelty and aeroplanes a pipedream. The book also looks at the personalities who played their part in this period of Kent's history.
The Best of Women
It was in 1955 that campaigner and journalist Tony Lothian, together with war heroine Odette Hallowes, first assembled leading women from all occupations as Women of the Year at the Savoy. This text presents a history of the Women of the Year assembly.
Sussex and America
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