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From Mary Quant to Mods and Rockers, this is a colorful illustrated history of the most revolutionary decade for British fashion in the twentieth century: the 1960s.

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The hop has been intimately involved in social history for many centuries. This book examines hop's history since the earliest times, describing the traditional tools of the trade, the growers, the pickers and those whose versatile skills have through the centuries made the hop industry a success.

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With over two-thirds of the globe covered by water, the ability to navigate safely and quickly across the oceans has been crucial throughout human history. This book shows the solution of the infamous longitude problem, the impact of satellite positioning and other advances in navigation have brought together seafarers, artisans and more.

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The ideal introduction to electric train sets from the Second World War to 1975.

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An essential, illustrated introduction to one of Britain's foremost sports car manufacturers and the cars it produced.

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A guide to the industrial palaces built to house pumping machinery in Victorian England. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the industry and architecture of the nineteenth century.

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Children of the 1950s have much to look back on with fondness: Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Dennis the Menace became part of the family for many, while for others the freedom of the riverbank or railway platform was a haven away from the watchful eyes of parents.

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A range of tools, once familiar to the farmworker, gradually became obsolete during the twentieth century. This album describes these tools and the farming processes they performed in the period before the general dominance of the tractor and combine harvester.

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With the aid of stringy glue and scalpel-sliced fingers, young and old have turned display cabinets and bedrooms into mini-museums, or tiny battlefields. This book looks at the tale of Airfix, the British company which is a pioneer in the world of modelling, its products, its changing fortunes over the years, and its links with popular culture.

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Charts the rise and fall of the allotment - and the factors behind its most recent resurgence. This book explores the history of the allotment within the context of its social and political history.

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Almshouses - shelter offered by religious institutions to needy elderly people - come in a variety of architectural styles and often have interesting features, including coats of arms, clock-towers and sundials, many have chapels and gardens.

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From medieval times, woodlands were managed commodities with hotly contested resources: conflicting demands from landowners, and local and national wood-based industries have left their marks on today's woodland, this title explains various uses of British woods and their industries, such as coppicing, charcoal-burning, basket-making and bodging.

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Features memorials and graves of animals that enriched homes, saved lives, won bets, inspired poets, transported munitions, endured danger, achieved notoriety, and captured hearts. This work is of interest to animal lovers.

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Looks at all the practical ways in which animals were essential to the war effort, but is equally interested in their roles as companions, mascots and morale boosters - on land, in the air and at sea.

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The mechanical anniversary clock, also known as the 400-day clock or torsion pendulum clock, is one of the most popular clocks ever invented. Anniversary clocks are recognizable by the decorative balls beneath the dial that rotate one way and then the other.

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This book charts the history of architectural ceramics, focusing on practical and decorative applications, on architects, designers and manufacturers, and on styles and techniques of production and decoration.

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An army childhood is a peripatetic childhood. This title focuses on such crucial aspects of the army-child experience as the places that they have called home and how they have been transported, housed, educated and entertained while in the army's care.

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In the late 1930s, when war seemed inevitable and it was realised that aerial attack would be the greatest threat posed by any coming conflict, the government established a volunteer organisation - Air Raid Precautions or ARP - that would stand at the centre of the wartime civil defence. This book presents the history of members of the ARP.

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An explosion of new ceramic design in the late 1920s and early 1930s introduced vibrant colours and dramatic angular shapes to the breakfast tables of Britain and the world. This book includes information on how to identify and date ceramics at a glance and features all the major designers including Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and Charlotte Rhead.

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Art Nouveau is characterised by its ornamental curvilinear design and use of sinuous line and vibrant colour. This book charts the impact of this style on the tile industry in Britain, showing how tiles were made and decorated. It employs photographs of tiles to examine the range of floral, animal and human subject matter found on the tiles.

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Aston Martin is now a century old - and what a century it has been. This book features cars, the personalities and talents who have shaped Aston Martin. It also features owners, engineers, and the drivers who have shared with the company in racing glory.

As Britain entered the Second World War in September 1939, so too it entered the bleakest period in the history of its motor car. The 1940s was a time of war, deprivation and austerity, and, for almost a decade, car development stood still. Wartime motorists faced petrol and tyre rationing, the hazards of the blackout and restricted areas.

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Presents a concise history of Austin-Healey, and the marque's success on road and track. This book contains illustrations and an introduction for all lovers of this quintessentially British sports car.

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Gives a summary of the various types of white needlework likely to be encountered. This book shows details of the techniques and gives an account of such diverse types as Dresden work, tambourned muslin, Ayrshire embroidery, Mountmellick and Richelieu work, broderie anglaise, quilting and stringwork.