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Go Home and Do the Washing by Lorna Brierley & Helen Reid

(Published by Broadcast Books)

In Go Home and Do The Washing retired doctor Lorna Brierley and journalist Helen Reid celebrate the hidden, yet enormous contribution to education, social service, medicine, the arts and politics that the pioneering women of Bristol have made over the last 300 years. 
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£14.95


Healing Waters by Geoffrey Body and Roy Gallop

(Published by Fiducia Press)

A small book packed full of surprising information about the many mineral and holy wells and the several small and little-known spas in Somerset. Illustrated. 
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£4.00


In Search of Bristol

(Published by Redcliffe Press)

An engaging and unique look at Bristol. A fantastic book of photographs, full colour throughout. 
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£10.00


Jews in Bristol by Judith Samuels

(Published by Redcliffe Press)

This is a major, ground-breaking study of the Jewish community from the Middle Ages -- at Jacob's Well, Bristol can claim to have the oldest mikveh (ritual bath) in Europe -- to the present day. 
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£17.95


Memories of a Pier Master's Mistress - Maggie Ashford.

(Published by SilverWood Books)

A memoir by the former manager of the UK’s only fully-restored Grade I listed Victorian Pier in Clevedon, Somerset. Featuring ‘Cheers for the Pier’ by scientist and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis.  
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£20.00


On the Waterfront: The Hotwells Story by Helen Reid and Sue Stops

(Published by Redcliffe Press)

Tells the colourful history of the eighteenth-century suburb that once rivalled Bath as a fashionable spa for London society, later more involved in shipping, now regaining its 'status' as the site for luxury waterside flat developments. 
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£9.99


Parrett River Trade by Geoffrey Body and Roy Gallop

(Published by Fiducia Press)

Embracing the Ivelchester Navigation, Parrett Navigation and Westport Canal, schemes, this is an account of the former barging trade along the River Parrett and beyond. 
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£5.00


Past Bristol Times by Geoffrey Body.

(Published by Fiducia Press)

Twenty two colourful and varied episodes from Bristol’s rich history. Illustrated.  
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£5.00


Past Somerset Times Vol 3. Edited by Geoffery Body.

(Published by Fiducia Press)

The third volume in a series devoted to capturing the best of Somerset history with twenty varied and fascinating studies. Illustrated.  
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£6.00


Past Somerset Times. Vol.2 Edited by Geoffrey Body

(Published by Fiducia Press)

The second volume in an occasional series of 'Illustrated Studies of the County's Rich History'.  
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£5.00



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