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Miscellaneous sites |
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Newsstand — a guide to English-language media on the Web. Information Gardens - a guide to over 400 gardens open to the public. Old House Books sell Victorian and Edwardian maps and guide books. Landmark Publishing offers visitors to their site an e-mail newsletter which gives details of new titles and news. Axholmr and Dannae are two historical recreation societies specialising in the 3-11th centuries and Celtic culture both BC and AD. The Internet Genealogical Bookshop, run by Stuart Raymond. Bygone Bristol - Bristol local history books and photographs. Stenlake Publishing - specialist local history publishers based in Scotland. Sunnyfield - an image library of old photographs, specialising in Cheshire and North Wales. Lightmoor Press - industrial and transport history plus Forest of Dean local history. The Past and Present Press - a small independent local history publisher based in Bristol. Your family coat of arms can be painted by Sergey Baranov. 50connect.co.uk - a portal for the over 50s, including our own article on Getting Started in Local History. The Robert Opie Collection - the world's largest collection relating to British nostalgia and advertising memorabilia. College-on-the-net is the collective name of a group of independent academic lecturers and specialist trainers who provide distance learning courses, including one on local history. The Peak District is a guide to the country's first and much visited national park in Derbyshire. The Sepia Views Collection of 1900's UK Photo images - Old Street Scenes of London and Towns & Villages of the South of England Historical and Interesting Views of Tunbridge Wells is a site devoted to selling a CD which contains 1,300 photographs of Tunbridge Wells taken in 2003, about 1,000 old pictures of the town and a number of old maps, with zoom-in features. Anyone with an interest in canals and waterways should find www.waterscape.com of interest, It claims to be 'the new, comprehensive online leisure guide to Britain's canals and rivers'. Nostalgic Art is a site dedicated to Debra Edwards' paintings of historic scenes of Staffordshire Railways. Oyster Online Shopping for Books and Magazines - books and magazines for adults, students and children covering subjects from the arts, to medicine and technology, at UK shops and stores. Royal English Atlas, 18th century county maps of England and Wales by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, available on CD. Mabels... Maintaining Bygone Times, For the over 50s in the UK, providing daily support & services, senior health & finance tips, nostalgic goods & gifts, pastimes, leisure, hobbies, crafts & mobility. Europe Regional Directory — if you want to find links to football in the Faroe Islands or knitting with vegetable fibres in Moldova, and many other less esoteric subjects, then this extensive directory of links is the place to go. A Taste of the Peak District lists accommodation, activities and attractions in this popular destination for visitors. Antiques from English Trunk Show Company, Nantucket. The theme of the shop is English Cottage with a wide range of items including English transferware, antique china, tea caddies, teapots, framed botanicals, bathroom mirrors, other home decor and much much more. PhotoRenaissance is a restoration service for old or damaged photographs. ukpast.co.uk sells CDs, mainly facsimile reproductions of old local and family history books. Peak District Online is an extensive resource for information and details about all things concerning the Peak District, from eating out in the Peak District to its history, whether it's information on Holiday Cottages or simply the best place to tour. Stevens Books — stockist of books about Devon and Cornwall history from The Mint Press and Dr Todd Gray. Heritage Media, a film production service aimed at local history societies. Domesday Extracts offers access to 8,500 extracts from the Domesday Book that can be ordered digitally or in hard copy. Brambletye Publishing is a small press specialising in high quality local studies, mostly from the south east of England. IBooknet is a co-operative of local, independent bookdealers, most of whom have stocks of local history books for areas throughout the UK and Ireland. Century Adventures offers a number of shows where actors talk you through the fashions of the day. Building Histories: Penny Olsen of The Research Workshop researches and writes histories of buildings. England travel contains information on sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see. Heaton's are a map and print specialist in Tisbury, Wiltshire with stock ranging from modern posters to antiquarian prints. RedDot Books is an online bookshop offering brand new quality arts and humanities titles at bargain prices, with discounts of up to 85%. Reminiscene is a collection of vintage postcards, Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Portraits made available so that visitors can enjoy them. Adem Ltd: nationwide supply, service and consumables for all types of microfiche/microfilm equipment. Art-Studio Photo 911 is a photo restoration and collage service which can bring old family photographs back to life and make dramatic changes to modern photographs. DirPedia.com — combining a dictionary, an encyclopaedia and a web directory. London Hotels, reservation and discounts in the United Kingdom. Discount London Theatre Tickets * Cheap London Theatre Tickets * Last Minuted Tickets — London theatre tickets and information for West End Theatres. eGlobes.co.uk — specialists in World Globes. Globes of all kinds, sizes and prices. Find the perfect gift — we stock a range of globes; floorstanding, desktop, illuminated, education globes for children, gemstone globes, drinks cabinet globes. We also stock retro-style globes and inflatable globes and accessories. Business-Inc.Net — web-based business directory. OyMap.com — 'A world directory'(!). See under Arts and Culture for the UK for local and family history. Roman Coins — Forum Ancient Coins have more than 2,500 ancient coins from a wide array of ancient cultures, including hundreds of coins from ancient Rome and Greece. AbookDirectory.com — Books directory and information on the web. Grownostalgic.co.uk is a guide to the many attractions of Northamptonshire and includes pages on its great houses and its history. County Life Companion is a comprehensive guide to all things Norfok related. Murderfile.net provides details of most British murders between 1900 and 1964, although full details are only available to paying members. The United Kingdom at OyMap.net, a world directory. Kate Wilkey Digital Imaging offers a restoration service for photographs. The UK History Store sells local books, and DVDs which use archive films collected and donated by people and organisations and which offer a unique insight into the history of the towns featured in them.
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