John Hiett came from a south Wales mining family and started work as a pit boy before moving into management. His career began at the time of government nationalisation when coal was ‘king’, and progressed to the years when coal mining all but disappeared. His first hand observations of those years makes for a compelling story.
ISBN: 978-1-915166-33-3
£9.99
The third volume on the series of short pieces collects articles from John Taylor’s regular column for the Milton Keynes Citizen.
ISBN: 978-1-915166-98-1
Paperback £11.95
Sir Thomas Wriothesley worked as a court official during the reign of Henry VIII, eventually rising to the office of Lord Chancellor. In the 1530s and 1540s he amassed a large property portfolio and was created Earl of Southampton by Henry VIII in 1547.
ISBN: 978-1-909054-69-1 Hardcover
978-1-909054-89-9 Paperback
This is the fourth book in a series describing village life in communities that were absorbed by Milton Keynes 50 years ago.
This volume covers the villages of Great Woolstone and Little Woolstone and the village of Willen.
ISBN: 978-1-915166-02-9 Paperback
An organised police force was late to arrive in Buckinghamshire in the 19th century. Many of the men who filled the ranks were ‘characters’ and lived interesting live.Mick Shaw, a career police officer himself in North Bucks, has compiled these biographies of 19th and 20th century policemen. It makes for an interesting read. ISBN: 978-1-909054-75-2 £11.95 Publication date. 1 August 2021
The book is part of a series published under the imprint of the Filbert Press. Each book contains 96 pages showing ab range of the artist’s workBryan Dunleavy, who has lived in Hampshire since 1995 reveals some of his paintings in this paperback. ISBN: 978-1-909054-80-6 £9.95 Publication date: 14 June 2021
This book explores the surprisingly deep connection between Oxford and the small North Buckinghamshire town of Wolverton. Faye Lloyd and Bryan Dunleavy, who both grew up in Wolverton, explore the relationship in words and pictures.