It’s dark, it’s depressing, it’s sometimes funny. It’s a reminder to keep persevering and fighting. These women before us were made of strong stuff, resilient, daring and brave they fought for women in Bristol today so we could go to work, so we could vote, so we could walk through the streets unaccompanied by a man. And there is a rebellious tone in Hollis’s voice, nearing the end of the book there’s hope, a small spark and it picks up a little bit of pace. We’re reminded of the performers hailing from Bristol and their international fame and success. In fact, with such comparisons to the beginning of the book you start to feel a sense of accomplishment and pride. It’s made me look at the place I live in a completely different light, Harbourside, where I enjoy socialising with friends has now changed, where I feel I understand another layer to it. I understand what it took for me to sit outside in my t-shirt and shorts and order a glass of wine on a summer’s evening... Read more
Bristol Women's Voice
It’s dark, it’s depressing, it’s sometimes funny. It’s a reminder to keep persevering and fighting. These women before us were made of strong stuff, resilient, daring and brave they fought for women in Bristol today so we could go to work, so we could vote, so we could walk through the streets unaccompanied by a man. And there is a rebellious tone in Hollis’s voice, nearing the end of the book there’s hope, a small spark and it picks up a little bit of pace. We’re reminded of the performers hailing from Bristol and their international fame and success. In fact, with such comparisons to the beginning of the book you start to feel a sense of accomplishment and pride. It’s made me look at the place I live in a completely different light, Harbourside, where I enjoy socialising with friends has now changed, where I feel I understand another layer to it. I understand what it took for me to sit outside in my t-shirt and shorts and order a glass of wine on a summer’s evening... Read more
Bristol Women's Voice
★★★★ An interesting look at the indoctrination of girls and young women in Nazi Germany with many interview extracts in their own words as the women looked back on their lives from around the year 2000. They showed great courage in speaking out, especially in the final sections of the book which deal with the very harrowing accounts of what happened when the Soviet army moved into Berlin and committed countless atrocities particularly against the female inhabitants. It was also interesting to learn to what degree the Nazis reversed their own doctrines which confined girls to a future of housework, childcare and cooking when it suited them: suddenly the girls had to learn to fire rocket launchers at tanks or, if they were able, to become sharpshooters. Cynically, the leaders of the regime cowered in the Hitler Bunker while sending children and young people out into the streets of Berlin to fight the Soviet soldiers. They had also earlier sent them against the American.. Read more
Pam Baddeley, Goodreads
★★★★ An interesting look at the indoctrination of girls and young women in Nazi Germany with many interview extracts in their own words as the women looked back on their lives from around the year 2000. They showed great courage in speaking out, especially in the final sections of the book which deal with the very harrowing accounts of what happened when the Soviet army moved into Berlin and committed countless atrocities particularly against the female inhabitants. It was also interesting to learn to what degree the Nazis reversed their own doctrines which confined girls to a future of housework, childcare and cooking when it suited them: suddenly the girls had to learn to fire rocket launchers at tanks or, if they were able, to become sharpshooters. Cynically, the leaders of the regime cowered in the Hitler Bunker while sending children and young people out into the streets of Berlin to fight the Soviet soldiers. They had also earlier sent them against the American.. Read more
Pam Baddeley, Goodreads
As featured in
The Bookseller 26/4/19
As featured in
The Bookseller 26/4/19
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
Tracing Your Ancestors through Family Photographs
Jayne Shrimpton's complete guide to dating, analysing and understanding family photographs is essential reading and reference for anyone undertaking genealogical and local history research. Using over 150 old photographs as examples, she shows how such images can give a direct insight into the past and into the lives of the individuals who are portrayed… Read more...
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
Tracing Your Welsh Ancestors
Few previous publications have focused on Welsh family history, and none have provided a comprehensive guide to the genealogical information available and where to find it. That is why the publication of Beryl Evans's new Welsh family history handbook is such a significant event in the field. Her detailed, accessible, authoritative guide will be essential… Read more...
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
A Guide To War Publications of the First & Second World War
In WW2 information leaflets and posters proliferated. Soldiers were bombarded with Field Regulations, airmen with the latest updates about airborne early warning, bomb sights and radio navigation and sailors with material that helped them identify enemy aircraft and submarines and told them how to operate the new ship board weapons to destroy them.… Read more...
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
Beneath the Big Top
Beneath the Big Top is a social history of the circus, from its ancient roots to the rise of the 'modern' tented travelling shows. A performer and founder of a circus group, Steve Ward draws on eye-witness accounts and contemporary interviews to explore the triumphs and disasters of the circus world. He reveals the stories beneath the big top during… Read more...
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
The Victorian Guide to Sex
An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered. Reproducing original advertisements… Read more...
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
British Music Hall
'The music hall ...had no place for reticence; it was downright, it shouted, it made noise, it enjoyed itself and made the people enjoy themselves as well.' W.J. MACQUEEN POPE Music Hall lies at the root of all modern popular entertainment. With stars such as Marie Lloyd, Harry Lauder and Dan Leno, it reached its glorious, brassy height between 1890… Read more...
