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BRUCE CASTLE MUSEUM LOCAL HISTORY PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE Haringey Museum and Archive Service 2015 LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS Alexandra Palace: a hidden history by Janet Harris The Invention of Clouds by Richard Hamblyn Sheds light on the little-known stories of this famous An enthralling book about famous Tottenham resident Luke landmark, when the palace became ‘home’ to Belgian Howard. Read about how this local luminary changed the way refugees and German civilian internees during the First World the world thinks about the weather. Picador £14.99 War. Tempus, £12.99 Branch Lines to Enfield Town and Palace Gates Legacy: recaptured treasures & lasting memories of by Jim Connor Caribbean Migrants in Britain after the WW2 by Claire From Hackney Downs to Enfield Town and Palace Gates, Andrews. A celebration of the diverse Caribbean culture and Branch Lines traces the transformation of this once rural railway into a crowded commuter byway with photographs of historical journey through the resettlement in Britain. Valued trains and railway architecture. Middleton Press £14.95 educational material for young people and teache rs. Thumbprint, £10 From Manor House…to Museum by Jean Pegram Local HerStory: lives of women in Haringey . Short history covering the last 500 years of the historic From Domesday in 1086 to the 20th century, the lives of building and inhabitants of the manor house of Bruce Castle, women in Haringey are charted here. A good starting point for Tottenham. .80p local historians, teachers and children studying local women's history as part of the National Curriculum. .50p . Forty Walks From Ally Pally by John Twistleton Explore the byways of Haringey, Barnet and Enfield with an London's Lea Valley: Britain's Best Kept Secret eye to green spaces and local history. Well-designed for by Jim Lewis . From glasshouses and potteries to building trains, planes, family outings. £4.50 furniture and office equipment, this book celebrates the unique Hackney & Stoke Newington Past by Isobel Watson contribution to the worl d's industrial development by the Lea A visual history of this lively area, this book reveals the Valley and its workers. Phillimore & Co. Ltd. £14.99 history of two old London villages and their mixed fortunes. London's Lea Valley: More Secrets Revealed . Phillimore & Co. Ltd. £14.95 by Jim Lewis . The sequel to the best seller London's Lea Valley: Britain's Haringey Pubs by Chris & Hazel Whitehouse Best Kept Secret, learn more about the technological A lively pictorial and social history of pubs over the past 500 innovations from pre-historic times to the world's first monorail. years, including The Swan in Tottenham, The Gate House at Phillimore & Co. Ltd. £14.99 Highgate, The Green Man, Muswell Hill and many more pubs, London’s New River by Robert Ward past and present. Tempus, £12.99 The most comprehensive history of the building and working of Haringey at War by Deborah Hedgecock & Robert the New River yet published. It includes a large amount of new Waite material and illustrations. Historical Publications £17.95 An evocative pictorial record of the wartime history of Lost Houses of Haringey by Alan Aris et.al. Tottenham, Hornsey and Wood Green during the First & Large houses were once a feature of the rural villages then on Second World Wars. Showing many aspects of everyday life: the outskirts of London. Most were pulled down as London from the trials of rationing to land girls, Belgian refugees and and the suburbs grew. Eight such houses are profiled here. air-raid shelters. Tempus, £12.99 £3.95 Historical Roots: An A-Z of Haringey’s Local Muswell Hill - History and Guide by Ken Gay . History & Family History Resources & Local historian Ken Gay takes a look into what makes Muswell Organisations. Published by the Haringey Local Hill such an attractive place. Using 150 images, he illustrates History Forum. £4.00 how Muswell Hill evolved and has stayed relatively untouched for the last century. Includes a walking tour guide for those who like to explore on foot. Tempus Pub. £12.99 Bruce Castle Museum Lordship Lane Tottenham, N17 8NU Tel : 020 8808 8772 Email: [email protected] BRUCE CASTLE MUSEUM LOCAL HISTORY PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE Haringey Museum and Archive Service 2015 LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS The Invention of Clouds by Richard Hamblyn Outrage! An Edwardian Tragedy by J.D. Harris . Read all about this compelling account of the infamous 1909 An enthralling book about famous Tottenham resident Luke Tottenham Outrage. Two armed men robbed a local factory, Howard. Read about how this local luminary changed the way killed two people and were chased over 7 miles by locals and the world thinks about the weather. Picador £14.99 police. The tragedy had national impact as well as local significance. … . Wilson Harris Publications £4.95 Legacy: recaptured treasures & lasting memories of A Park for Finsbury compiled by Hugh Hayes . Caribbean Migrants in Britain after the WW2 by Claire A History of Finsbury Park and the site before coming a Andrews. A celebration of the diverse Caribbean culture and park in 1869. Produced by the Friends of Finsbury historical journey through the resettlement in Britain. Valued Park, it is a well illustrated, interesting read. £4.99 educational material for young people and teachers. Rowland Hill and the Fight for the Penny Post Thumbprint, £10 by Col HW Hill . Learn about Rowland Hill (the one time head of Bruce Castle Local HerStory: lives of women in Haringey . th School), and an account of his dramatic struggle that resulted From Domesday in 1086 to the 20 century, the lives of in the passing of the Penny Post Act. women in Haringey are charted here. A good starting point for local historians, teachers and children studying local women's £1.00 history as part of the National Curriculum. .50p . South from Barley by Kenneth Barker London's Lea Valley: Britain's Best Kept Secret An fascinating insight into the history of Samuel South by Jim Lewis . & Sons, Horticultural Pottery Manufacturers of White From glasshouses and potteries to building trains, planes, Hart Lane, Tottenham 1868 -1960 furniture and office equipment, this book celebrates the unique Published by Kenneth Barker £6.00 contribution to the world's industrial development by the Lea Valley and its workers. Phillimore & Co. Ltd. £14.99 Southgate and Edmonton Past by London's Lea Valley: More Secrets Revealed . Graham Dalling by Jim Lewis . Find out about the history of Southgate and Edmonton and The sequel to the best seller London's Lea Valley: Britain's how they developed into two quite distinct boroughs after Best Kept Secret, learn more about the technological their separation from the same parish. innovations from pre-historic times to the world's first monorail. Historical Publications £14.95 Phillimore & Co. Ltd. £14.99 A Tottenham Childhood by Barbara Phillips . London’s New River by Robert Ward Recollections and anecdotes of growing up in Tottenham in The most comprehensive history of the building and working of the 1920s. £2.50 the New River yet published. It includes a large amount of new material and illustrations. Historical Publications £17.95 Tottenham & Wood Green Past and Present by Christine Protz & Deborah Hedgecock . Lost Houses of Haringey by Alan Aris et.al. Reveals the dramatic changes in Tottenham and Wood Large houses were once a feature of the rural villages then on Green using photographs and oral histories since the mid-19th the outskirts of London. Most were pulled down as London and the suburbs grew. Eight such houses are profiled here. century and compares these with modern-day images. £3.95 Sutton Publishing £11.99 Muswell Hill - History and Guide by Ken Gay . Walthamstow Past by David Mander . Local historian Ken Gay takes a look into what makes Muswell Read about the many splendours of Walthamstow and the Hill such an attractive place. Using 150 images, he illustrates many problems caused by the growth of the London suburb. how Muswell Hill evolved and has stayed relatively untouched Historical Pub. £15.95 for the last century. Includes a walking tour guide for those who like to explore on foot. Tempus Pub. £12.99 When I Came to England by Z. Nia Reynolds . An honest and compelling collection of personal Brucereminiscences Castle about Museum life in Britain during the 1950's and 1960's and the experiences shared by people from the Caribbean.Lordship Lane Black Stock £6.00 WoodTottenham, Green N17 Past 8NU by Albert Pinching . TelThis : fully020 illustrated8808 8772 book Email: tells Wood Green's story - including Alexandra Palace, the New River, the coming of the railways, inns,[email protected] and the War. Historical Publications Ltd. £15.95 Outrage! An Edwardian Tragedy by J.D. Harris . EDMONTON 100 HISTORICAL Read all about this compelling account of the infamous 1909 SOCIETY Tottenham Outrage. Two armed men robbed a local factory, killed two people and were chased over 7 miles by locals Domesday Book and the Origins of Edmonton 100 and police. The tragedy had national impact as well as local by Stephen Doree significance. … . What did the Domesday Book have to say about the Wilson Harris Publications £4.95 area in 1086? Find out through this study of the area, A Park for Finsbury compiled by Hugh Hayes . then known as the Edmonton Hundred. £2.00 A History of Finsbury Park and the site before coming a park in 1869. Produced by the Friends of Finsbury Elizabethan Times in Tottenham, Edmonton and Park, it is a well illustrated, interesting read. £4.99 Enfield (No. 56) Edited by J Burnby Rowland Hill and the Fight for the Penny Post A collection of essays about the life and times of the by Col HW Hill .