* From the building of Hadrian's Wall in 122AD to the first house in the world to be lit by electricity, Cragside House, _Visitors' Historic Britain: Northumberland_ details the many castles and monuments - their remains and grounds - and the stories they each tell. * Unique tours, various trails and walks, all highlight the different points of att
Denby Dale and Upper Denby – Unknown and Unseen is the last of this ever-popular series of books and includes around 200 previously unpublished photographs of the area. Also included are the stories...
The escaping bear who’d had enough of being a Victorian showpiece; tragedy narrowly averted over the skies of Wakefield when an aeronaut lost control of his balloon in 1827; secret passages and hidden...
In addition to being the most bitter industrial dispute the coalminers' strike of 1984/5 was the longest national strike in British history. For a year over 100,000 members of the National Union of...
No event in history had such a profound and long-term effect as World War Two, it's consequences still helping to shape the modern world. With our trade routes harassed by U-boats, our skies darkened...
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