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A Child in the Forest thumbnail A Child in the Forest
Winifred Foley    £9.99
A charming memoir of life in the Forest of Dean in the years between the wars, portraying the struggles and joys of family and neighbours.... See details

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 - ADVANCE ORDER thumbnail Comrades in Captivity - ADVANCE ORDER
F. W. Harvey    £14.99
DUE END OF JULY. First published in 1920, this wonderful book has for many, many years benn unobtainable save fo scarce and expensive secondh... 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

From Wear to Wye thumbnail From Wear to Wye
Fi Benson    £7.99
Accompany Fi as she journeys to and fro between her Wearside childhood and her grown-up life as a writer, living in the Forest of Dean on the... See details

Herbert Howells thumbnail Herbert Howells
Paul Spicer    £8.95
Born in humble circumstances in The Forest of Dean, Howells held posts at Salisbury Cathedral, the Royal College of Music, St John’s Cambridg... See details

Hobbler’s Apprentice: Memories of Working the Severn and Wye thumbnail Hobbler’s Apprentice: Memories of Working the Severn and Wye
Alan Butt    £12.99
The rivers Severn and Wye were once home to many now long-forgotten crafts and skills. In The River Alan Butt provides a vivid insight into ... 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    £25.00
Lady Edna Healey is a Forester, has been married to Denis Healey for more than fifty years and has seen parliamentary life, both in power and... 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

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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