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A Doctor in the Forest thumbnail A Doctor in the Forest
Bill Tandy    £9.99
I n the west of Gloucestershire between the rivers Severn and Wye is the ancient and enchanting Forest of Dean. Once the hunting grounds o... See details

Across the Yard thumbnail Across the Yard
Eric J. Rice    £12.99
Eric Rice taught art at the Lydney Grammar School for many years. This fascinating, beautiful book, which he has colourfully and evocatively ... See details

Comrades in Captivity thumbnail Comrades in Captivity
F. W. Harvey    £14.99
First published in 1920, this wonderful book has for many, many years benn unobtainable save fo scarce and expensive secondhand copies. It i... See details

COUNTRY BOY, Reminiscences 1947-1972 thumbnail COUNTRY BOY, Reminiscences 1947-1972
Paul Groves    £7.50
Paul Groves’ account of a journey from the innocence of childhood to the first independent achievements of adulthood, via the hazardous strai... See details

F. W, Harvey - Soldier, Poet thumbnail F. W, Harvey - Soldier, Poet
Anthony Boden    £16.99
PUBLISHED 2011 New expanded and updated.edition ‘It is the deepest and most searching study of the life and works of Harvey I have re... See details

No Pipe Dreams For Father thumbnail No Pipe Dreams For Father
Winifred Foley    £7.99
In A Child in the Forest Winifred Foley told the story of her 1920's childhood in a mining village in the Forest of Dean. First pu... See details

Part of the Pattern: Memoirs of a Wife at Westminster thumbnail Part of the Pattern: Memoirs of a Wife at Westminster
Edna Healey    £20.00
WE ONLY HAVE USED COLLECTOR'S COPIES OF THIS TITLE NOW. Lady Edna Healey is a Forester, has been married to Denis Healey for more than fifty ... See details

Teacher in the Forest thumbnail Teacher in the Forest
Keith Wilks    £7.50
Memoir of Keith's time teaching at the Five Acres and Berry Hill schools in the Forest of Dean, between the years 1946 and 1984. Contains num... See details

Tell Them of Us: Those of the Forest of Dean who served in the 1941-1945 Burma Campaign. thumbnail Tell Them of Us: Those of the Forest of Dean who served in the 1941-1945 Burma Campaign.
Ian Hendy    £12.99
The 1941–1945 Burma Campaign was one of the most gruelling military operations of World War Two. It is notorious for the inventive tactics ... See details

The Ever Rolling Stream thumbnail The Ever Rolling Stream
Bill Tandy    £7.99
A second collection of memories from the author of "A Doctor in the Forest" including recollections of his time spent in India, and a meeting... See details

Where I Belong thumbnail Where I Belong
Joyce Latham    £12.99
Forest memoir from local poet and writer, the late Joyce Latham. This is a wonderful, warmly crafted story of growing up in the 1930s.... See details

Whistling in the Dark: A Forest of Dean Girlhood in the 1940s thumbnail Whistling in the Dark: A Forest of Dean Girlhood in the 1940s
Joyce Latham    £12.99
Joyce Lathams wonderful biography of her life in the Forest during the war and beyond. Note: the re-release date of this title has been delay... See details

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