In the years after the First World War waves of former soldiers were drawn back to their wartime haunts. Pilgrimage to the Western Front is the first collection of its kind to chronicle the experience of veterans who retraced their steps along the old front line offering a fascinating insight into what they found in the words of the men ......
From 'Arnold Layne' to 'Louder Than Words', Pink Floyd wrote about anger, isolation, regret, dismay and fear. These themes, not always obvious starting points for popular music, were married to a rare dynamism in rock music. This book is an intelligent and illuminating study of the meaning and context of every Pink Floyd song from 1966 to 2014.
A Personal Recollection of Coal Trains in the 1990s
The 1990s were a decade of change on the railways with colliery closures and privatisation. This is a potted history of Worksop train crew depot, with photos of collieries, trains and power stations. There are maps, descriptions of each colliery and power station featured, diagrams, tables and coal plans to show where power station coal ......
Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy
The atom bombs dropped on Japan at the end of the Second World War opened the door to the nuclear age. Seeing the potential for developing nuclear energy for the US Navy, Capt. Hyman Rickover initiated a research programme that culminated in the launch of USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Meanwhile, ballistic missile ......
The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 and its Significance
'The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was ground-breaking in the UK and this book marks the fiftieth anniversary of its successful path to the statute book.
The story of the great post-war era of liner travel across continents and companies from Cunard to P & O - from luxury liners to 100-berth transport ships.
An Illustrated History of The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Primus in armis, 'first in arms', the motto of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Britain's senior regiment of volunteer cavalry raised in 1794 against the threat of French invasion. This new, illustrated history is an important military and social record of 200 years of service and will appeal to anyone with an interest in the British Army.
Internees and Prisoners of War During the First World War
Much of what has been written about the treatment of prisoners of war held by the British in various conflicts point to the belief that they have often been treated in a more caring and compassionate way than the prisoners of other countries. This was seen as especially true in the First World War as to how British prisoners were treated. This ......
