Books, maps and exhibition catalogues

Exhibition catalogues

Price Title  Description 
£7.00  David Dunnico 'Cover up' Cover Designs of Orwell's 1984  Information and images about the '1984 looks like this' exhibition currently being exhibited at Salford Museum. 

Richardson local history books

Price Title Description
£3.50 Avro Manchester Aircraft Company by Harry Holmes A story about Aliot Verdon-Roe and the world's first aeroplane company, and its role in the production of many famous aeroplanes including the WW2 Lancaster.
£3.50 Bailey Wall Memories - Growing up in Walkden 1934-1947 by Joy Openshaw An account of growing up on the boundary of Walkden and Little Hulton.
£5.25 Barton Bridges by Glen Atkinson The story of the bridges and aqueducts at the ancient crossing point at Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire. Stone road bridges, stone aqueduct, iron swing bridge and aqueduct and finally a high level steel road bridge.
£5.50 The Belle Vue Story by Robert Nicholls Detailed account of the zoo and the amusement park.
£3.75 For Better or Worse by Emily Glencross Tells the story of the author's life from her marriage, in 1938, to 1945 when her husband returned home after being a prisoner of war for three years.
£4.75 Blackleach and North Walkden by Glen Atkinson, Philip Hagerty and Annie Surtees A history of what is now Blackleach Country Park and the surrounding area.
£3.25 Breakfast at Windsor by Emily Glencross Memories of a Salford Childhood from 1914-1928 in the Clarendon Road and Cross Lane area.
£5.00 Broughton and Cheetham Hill by Monty Dobkin An account of how the rural areas were developed as residential districts.
£5.25 The Canal Duke Colleries by Glen Atkinson Story of the Duke of Bridgewater's collieries and underground canal system over 200 years. Illustrated with maps and photographs.
£4.75 Church Street, Eccles by Helen Wickham The story of Church Street from the earliest times to present day.
£3.00 Coal, Cotton and Canals by Hugh Malet Three studies in local canal history by the Bridgewater canal historian. Illustrated with old photographs.
£5.75 Cross Lane by Tony Flynn The story of what was once the centre of Salford from its beginnings over 200 years ago to the redevelopment of the 1960s to the 1980s.
£4.25 Dance Band Days around Manchester by Frank Pritchard The author's story of his involvement with dance bands from the 1920s to the 1980s.
£4.00 The Dukes's Other Village by Bert Tyldesley The Roe Green story.
£3.75 Eccles Cinemas and Theatres by Tony Flynn Including The Crown, The Empire, Majestic, Palladium, Regent, Princess and Broadway. Illustrated with photographs and the old advertisements.
£4.25 A Most Excellent Dish by Majory Houlihan Tales of the Lancashire tripe trade.
£5.00 Fallen in the Fight by Neil and Sue Richardson A record of over 700 Farnworth and Kearsley men who died in the Great War. Illustrated with maps, photographs and portraits of the men.
£5.25 Flying Bombs over the Pennines by Peter J C Smith Story of the V-1 attack aimed at Manchester on the 24 December 1944.
£3.50 The German Prisoner of War Camp at Leigh, 1914-1919 by Leslie Smith Lilford Mill was new in 1914 and converted into a camp for 1800 German POWs. This is a record of the camp until their release in 1919.
£5.25 Hanky Park by Tony Flynn A history and recollections of the Salford district made famous by Walter Greenwood in 'Love on the Dole'.
£6.25 Hell Let Loose by Neil Drum and Roger Dawson The story of the 7th Lancashire Fusiliers. It deals with the battalion's service from August 1914 and covers its time in Egypt and then fighting in Gallipoli from May until December 1915.
£4.50 Home to Stay by J G Atherton Stretford in the Second World War. This is an authentic record of the time by a Stretford teenager.
£5.25 Industrial Revolution and Social Reform in the Manchester region by Malcolm Bee A concise account of Manchester in the Industrial Revolution.
£4.50 Irlam's O'th' Height by Barbara Watson Tells of the growth and destruction of a village 1600 to 1987.
£4.25 It's All Different Now by Monty Dobkin Manchester memories.
£5.25 Tales of Manchester Jewry and Manchester in the Thirties by Monty Dobkin A collection of articles covering many aspects of Manchester Jewish history.
£5.25 Manchester's Little Italy by Anthony Rea Memories of the Italien Colony of Ancoats, recorded by the grandson of Marco Rea and Vincenzo Schiavo.
£5.95 Luftwaffe Over Manchester by Peter J C Smith The story of the air raids which have passed into Manchester's history as 'The Blitz'. Includes lists of casualties in Manchester, Stretford and Salford.
£5.25 Lower Broughton Remembered compiled by Eric Pegg Memories of Lower Broughton and other parts of Salford by twelve contributors.
£5.00 The Manchester Fighters by Denis Fleming A celebration of the famous fighters of the 1920s and 1930s.
£5.50 Manchester Ship Canal by Warren J Bruce Memories of the docks from the early days, 1894 to 1945.
£5.75 The Manchester Village compiled by Frank Heaton Based on taped conversations with the former residents of the Deansgate area who recall the village as it was from 1900 to the 1960s.
£4.00 On The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal by Alec Watson Memories and information about working on the canal in the 1930s.
£2.50 Patients are People by Robert Spears The story of the Salford Ambulance Service from its inception in 1948 and 1974.
£3.50 Radical Salford by Ruth and Edmund Frow Episodes in Labour History, with a foreword by Stan Orme MBE and Frank Allaun.
£4.25 Rothchild in Manchester by Monty Dobkin A selection of stories from the history of the Manchester Jewry.
£5.75 Salford Pubs 1 Covers Chapel Street, Greengate and Adelphi.
£5.75 Salford Pubs 2 Covers Islington, Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road, Broughton.
£5.75 Salford Pubs 3 Covers Weaste, Cross Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, Brindleheath and Charlestown.
£17.50 Salford Pubs Set All three books in the series.
£5.00 Salford 1900 to 1914 by Roy Bullock The county borough at the start of the century, based on newspaper reports of the time.
£5.50 Salford 1914 to 1920 by Roy Bullock The county borough in the First World War, based on newspaper reports of the time.
£5.75 Salford in the 1920s by Roy Bullock From county borough to City of Salford, based on newspaper reports.
£5.00 Salford 1940 to 1965 by Roy Bullock 25 years in the history of Salford.
£5.00 Salford 1966 to 1990 by Roy Bullock Another 25 years in the history of Salford.
£2.75 Salford Boy by Wallace Brereton Childhood recollections of Higher Broughton 1923-33.
£3.00 Salford Boy Goes to War by Wallace Brereton An account of author's wartime experiences from his enlistment in 1939 in the Royal Artillery and the 81st Welsh Field Regiment. The book is a series of descriptions of incidents he experienced.
£2.75 Salford in Print by Tony Frankland A short collection of articles, letter etc, from the various Salford newspapers in circulation between 1862 and 1925.
£5.75 God's Own-The 1st Salford Pals It tells the story of the men of the 'First Salfords', from raising of the battalion in September 1914 to its virtual destruction on 1 July 1916.
£4.75 Spark on Salford Docks by Bill Hardie Memories of the Manchester Ship Canal Company from 1954 to 1963 by a former electrician.
£3.50 The History of Salford Cinemas by Tony Flynn A record of over 30 cinemas which have existed in Salford with the recollection of those who went there.
£4.75 True Romances at Manchester Dances A collection of memories of church hall dances and dancing schools.
£5.00 Under the Smoke by Jack Jackson Childhood memories of Waterloo Street and Hope Street 1922 to 1941.
£4.00 Where's Mi Chunks Mam? By John Wynne Salford memories 1930 to 1938, living in Pendleton and Broughton.
£4.25 Waterways into Castlefield by John C Fletcher The story of navigable ways into Manchester. Illustrated with plans, old engravings and photographs.
£5.25 Worsley in the Eighteenth Century by Helen Wickham Using the Duke of Bridgewater's 18th century estate maps, the author describes the evolution of the Worsley landscape.
£4.75 Working Class Housing in the Nineteenth Century Manchester by Jacqueline Roberts Charting the history of John Street, Irk Town from 1826 to 1936.
£5.75 Worsley Textile Mills by Glen Atkinson The story of the mills of Worsley, Walkden, Little Hulton and Boothstown, from the opening of the first in the 18th century to the closure of the last in the 1980s.
£4.25 Visitors to Manchester by L D Bradshaw A selection of British and Foreign Visitors' Descriptions of Manchester from 1528 to 1865.
£5.00 Zeppelin Over Lancashire by Peter J C Smith The story of air raids on Lancashire in 1916 and 1918. All known sites where bombs landed have been charted and interviews with surviving eyewitnesses included.

Maps and censuses

Price Title
£2.25 Alan Godfrey Maps - Salford and selected surrounding areas (please call for further details)
£4.50 Bancks' Plan of Manchester and Salford 1831
£5.50 Green's Map
£3.50 Manchester and Salford Directories

Local history books

Price Title
£9.99 Around Manchester (Francis Frith Collection)
£9.99 Greater Manchester (Francis Frith Collection)
£6.95 Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
£2.50 Blundell's Collieries 1766 to 1966
£2.50 Bridging the Years
£5.00 A Civic History of Salford
£1.50 Guiltless Feast - The rise of modern vegetarian movement by Derek Antrobus
£1.50 Journeys on the Underground Canal, 1795 to 1988
£9.99 Lancashire 1938 to 1945, Working for Victory
£14.99 Manchester at War by Clive Hardy
£7.50 Manchester Trams and Buses by Ted Gray
£9.95 Salford by the Sea (Salford Children's Holiday Camp)
£5.00 Salford Choral Society
£6.99 Salford in Old Photographs
£7.50 Salford Quays - The Story of Manchester Docks by Ted Gray
£4.99 Swinton Industrial School by John Cook
£9.95 The Changing Face of Salford
£18.00 The Making of Victorian Salford
£2.99 The Samuel L Coulthurst Photographs (Victorian Salford and Manchester)
£7.99 When the Lights Go Down - Crime in Wartime London and Manchester
£1.50 Worsley and The Bridgewater Canal

Hobbies and interests books

Price Title
£7.99 Illustrated Police News
£7.99 Through the Keyhole-Life, Love and Death behind Locked Doors
£14.99 A Victorian Scrapbook by Robert Opie
£9.99 Mrs Beetons Household Tips
£9.99 Mrs Beetons Easy Everyday Cooking
£8.99 Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester Pub Walks for Motorists
£17.50 Meetings with Morrisey by Len Brown
£19.95 Mod-A Very British Phenomenon by Terry Rawling
£14.95 The Smiths Complete Songbook
£7.95 Up Tight - The Velvet Underground Story by Victor Bockins and Gerard Malanga
£8.95 Sex Pistols - The Inside Story by Fred and Judy Vermorel
£19.95 Torn Apart - The Life of Ian Curtis by Mick Middles and Lindsay Reade

Artist's books

Price Title
£15.95 Lowry Lexicon by Shelly Rodhe
£14.95 L.S. Lowry, A Biography by Shelly Rodhe
£2.50 L.S. Lowry, The Man and his Art (German Language)
£4.95 L.S. Lowry Catalogue, by Leber and Sandling
£7.50 A Day with Lowry by H.Riley
£15.00 Harold Riley Photographs 1947 to 2007
£9.00 Chimney Pot Park by Harold Riley
£9.99 Street Dogs by Harold Riley
£13.50 Theodore Major Catalogue
£35.00 Adolph Valette by Celine Lyons

Children's books

Price Title
£3.95 The Mare's Tale
£3.99 A Heroes History of the Victorians
£5.99 Just so Stories
£6.99 Vintage Ladybird Books - Things to Make and Do
£6.99 Avoid Working in a Victorian Mill
£6.99 Avoid Being a Victorian Servant

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This page was last updated on 22 March 2012

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