Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Demos, John & Boocock, Sarane Spence, eds.
Turning Points: Historical and Sociological Essays on the Family
(Chicago UP, 1978).
American Journal of Sociology. Vol 84, Supplement, 1978. Paperback. Covers browned and slightly soiled, internally good. xi + 413pp. Order No. NSBK-C4613
Keywords: 0226142868, family, families, sociology, sociological, history, American Journal of Sociology, social change, demography, America, Americas, United States, USA, Canada, Canadian, Tamara K. Hareven, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg
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Horn, Pamela.
The Victorian Country Child:
(Kineton/The Roundwood Press, 1974).
Hardback. Covers slightly soiled, marginal pencil annotation not affecting legbility, otherwise very good. xvi + 244pp. Order No. NSBK-C11001
Keywords: 0900093307, women, woman, gender, 1920s, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, fashion, Great War, social elite, middle class, wives, daughters, women and work, women's work, leisure, maternal, mothers, motherhood, mortality, countryside, professions, Victorian
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Punch and Judy Poster, Reproduction of a Rare 1880 Image.
The True Story of Punch and Judy: Royal Polytechnic. New Entertainment by Damer Cape. Humourous, Musical, Pictorial, Tragical, Comical. New Views by A. Mayhew & J. Green. New Music, by Edouard Frewin & Alfred Lee. New songs by Damer Cape & New Effects by the Institution. Twice Daily
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007 reproduction of 1880 poster).
A reproduction of an attractive poster which promoted a Punch and Judy show at the Royal Polytechnic, Westminster, London, England in 1880. PAPER: A3 sized = 297mm x 420mm or 11.7 inches x 16.5 inches. IMAGE: 250mm x 400mm or 10 inches x 16 inches [approx]. 100 GMS matte poster paper, coated and treated. In full glossy colour: brownish-red, white and black. The online image is lessened in quality for speedy loading and watermarked to deter image theft. Fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-A13093
Keywords: Victorian, Punch and Judy, Punch & Judy, entertainment, leisure, posters, poster, reproductions, Portrayer Publishers, nineteenth century, London, 19th century, Britain, British, England, English, social history, magic, Punch and Judy shows, ventriloquists, ventriloquism, theatre, English theatre, music halls, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, Damer Cape, Edouard Frewin, Alfred Lee
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Symes, Ruth A.
Stories from Your Family Tree: Researching Ancestors within Living Memory
(The History Press, 2009).
Paperback. New book, fine. x + 172pp. Order No. NSBK-A14177
Keywords: 075095082X, family tree research, Ruth A. Symes, genealogy, genealogical, history, family history, families, social history, North West England, Wigan, Liverpool, Tanzania, Tanganyika, Manchester, death, birth, mortality, census, working class, working classes, Lancashire, Symes, Sachak, Wilkinson, Daniels, Cooke, lodgers
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Three Modern Pankhurst Badges, .
The Pankhursts: Photographic Images of Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst on Three Attractive Plated Badges
(Portrayer Publisher, 2004).
3 X badges with a high gloss finish and secure safety-pin fittings to the rear. Featuring period images (photographic) of the faces of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and daughters Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst. Circular-shaped. 25mm diameter. Presented inside a small poly-bag. Badges. New, in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8753
Keywords: Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pin, badge, pin back, pinback, pins, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragist, suffragists, women, women's history, social history, Britain, British, England, English, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, jewellery, Sylvia Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst, the Pankhursts, Pankhurst, badges, Edwardian, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera
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Forbes, Robert.
Sixty Years of Medical Defence:
(Medical Defence Union, 1948).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, wear to boards and damage to spine & fly leaf, but a good solid working copy. 92pp. Order No. NSBK-A6579
Keywords: B0000CJA05, medical claims, medical defence, history, health, social history, law, legal, 1940s, post war, post-war, Medical Defence Union, medicine, doctors, Britain, British, England, English, prosecutions, legal action
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Edwards, Elizabeth.
Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900 - 1960: a Culture of Femininity
(Routledge, 2001).
Hardback. Very good. ix + 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C15080
Keywords: 9780415214759, women, history, women's, teachers, training, colleges, education, college, teacher, woman, female, femininity, social history, Homerton College, Avery Hill College, Bishop Otter College, class, women students, student, trainers, trainer, pupils, staff, feminine, feminism, feminist, feminists, principal, principals, sexuality, 20th century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, June Purvis, Elizabeth Edwards, teaching, teach, schools, school, schooling, curriculum, curricular, study, studying, higher education, adult education
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Porter, Valerie.
Yesterday's Countryside: Country Life as it Really Was
(David & Charles, rpt, 2003).
Hardback. Slight bump top edge, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. Large format. 319pp. Order No. NSBK-A15126
Keywords: 0715309684, countryside, country, history, agrarian, rural, farming, farms, country markets, social history
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Sackett, Terence.
British Life a Century Ago: Images from the Francis Frith Collection
(Frith Book Co, rpt, 2001).
Paperback. Very good. 137pp. Order No. NSBK-A13972
Keywords: 1859372139, Francis Firth collection, photography, photograph, images, image, pictures, social history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, work, shops, recreation, leisure, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, Edwardian
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