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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Burnett, John, ed.
Destiny Obscure: Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family from the 1820s to the 1920s
(Penguin, rpt, 1984).
Paperback. Spine slightly sun-faded, otherwise very good. 345pp. Order No. NSBK-A1481
Keywords: 9780140073454, autobiography, childhood, education, Victorian, social history, England, Britain
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Roberts, Robert.
A Ragged Schooling: Growing Up in the Classic Slum
(Fontana, 2nd impression, 1979).
Paperback. Light creasing to covers, newspaper article pasted to front endpaper, otherwise good. 189pp. Order No. NSBK-A10160
Keywords: 0006348947, education, schools, schooling, slums, housing, urban, cities, Britain, British, England, English, social history, Edwardian, industry, industrial, terraces, poverty, poor, cobbles, By Joe, cinema, magic lantern, railways, canals, Manchester, North West, Salford, Robert Roberts, apprentices, labour, labor, Labour party, Esperanto, TB, tuberculosis, working class, working classes, Charles de Gaulle
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Cole, Pauline.
Transition to Arcady: A Story of Two Years Spent in the Women's Land Army - '47 to '49
(Arthur H.Stockwell, 2001).
Booklet. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. 31pp. Order No. NSBK-C13316
Keywords: 0722333412, women and work, working women, Women's Land Army, post-war, social history, women's history, farms, farming, agriculture, rural, post war, woman, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Pauline Cole, booklet
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Gash, Norman.
Aristocracy and People: Britain, 1815 - 1865
(Arnold, rpt, 1988).
Paperback. Spine creased, minor pencil annotation, otherwise good+. 376pp. Order No. NSBK-A7498
Keywords: 0713161604, Norman Gash, aristocracy, class, classes, nineteeth century, text books, Victorian, 19th century, history, politics, social change, industry, industrial, constitution, government, Britain, British, England, English
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Reproduction Suffragette Badge / Brooch, .
Votes for Women Suffragette Chains - Modern Replica Suffragette Badge / Brooch: WSPU
(Portrayer Publishers, 2013).
High-quality. Votes for Women Suffragette Chains. Attractive, circular plated gold-coloured metal brooch / badge with firm safety-pin fitment at the rear for affixing to clothes. A faithful reproduction of the original. Badge design is white chains and white lettering "WSPU" (which stands for the Women's Social and Political Union) and white wording "Votes for Women" on a purple and green background. 25mm in diameter. Presented in an attractive zip-gift-bag which is clear at the front and shiny silver at the rear. Brand new in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15415
Keywords: Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pins, badge, badges, pin back, pinbacks, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragists, women, women's history, social history, Britain, British, England, English, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, jewellery, jewelry, brooch, brooches, Edwardian, women's movement, Britain, British, England, English, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera, chains
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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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Miller, Stuart and Bell, Billy.
Sunderland in Old Photographs:
(Alan Sutton, 1991).
Paperback. Very good. 159pp. Order No. NSBK-A16092
Keywords: 9780862998981, history, photography, Sunderland, North East, Newcastle, history, photos, photography, pictures, social history
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Pickersgill, Alton.
Sunderland as it Was:
(Hendon Publishing, 1974).
With many photographs. Paperback. Some light soiling and fading to card covers, otherwise very good. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-A16101
Keywords: 9780902907416, stored with booklets, architecture, buildings, booklets, architectural, history, North East, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland, Newcastle, housing, towns, urban, urbanisation, Victorian, nineteenth century, bridges, shops, businesses, photos, social history
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Simpson, M. A. and Lloyd, T. H., eds.
Middle Class Housing in Britain:
(David and Charles, Archon Books, 1977).
Hardback. Very good in slightly faded, slightly chipped dustwrapper. 217pp. Order No. NSBK-A14055
Keywords: B000VZXQGY, middle class, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, housing, classes, class system, houses, homes, architecture, city, cities, towns, social conditions, Exeter, Glasgow, Hampstead, Royal Leamington Spa, Nottingham, Sheffield
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