IN SEARCH OF FENTON CASTLE Warming Castle by Barbara Maddox only £8.95 Did 'Warming Castle' exist?  Maybe, maybe not! if it did when was it established?  What exactly was it?  Who lived there and why?  Just some of the questions posed by this intriguing book. Whenever one delves into the rich past of Staffordshire many new and sometime unexpected discoveries are made. Read more...		GENTLY THRU LIFE by David Whitmore only £12.95 Author David Whitmore, now heavily involved in the local political scene in Uttoxeter and Burton area, and recently made Major of East Staffordshire, was an engineer who amongst other things worked in the Fishing and Brewery Industres, before he and his family bought the semi-derelict 'Old Vicarage' in Uttoxeter and set about a major restoration job. Read more...
	HANLEY WAKES by Derrick Woodward only £8.75 Hanley Wakes published in summer 2002 has sold well in, especially in "The Potteries".  The book, only originally envisaged as a booklet, is a really good read, and, as the title suggests, rediscovers the many past-times, activities and the life-styles of the inhabitants of Hanley from pre-war and war years through to the more recent past. Read more...		A HISTORY OF LONGTON by Prof. J.H.Y. Briggs only £14.95 Still one of our best selling publications, 'A History of Longton' which was re-published in late November 1999 has sold tremendously well, stocks on this book are now down to just a few hundred, it is most unlikely that there will ever be a further re-print of this very popular book so it is well worth taking a copy while stocks are still available. Read more...
	IN NAME ONLY by C.W. Sheldon only £13.95 Chris Sheldon is a retired police inspector whose uncle was killed in WW2.  He spent a lot of time & effort researching the circumstances of his uncle's death in North Africa.  Whilst on parade at Leek's Memorial Clock Tower for Remembrance Day, Chris decided that the one hundred and one brave WW2 men, whose names appear on the Leek Memorial, deserved the same detailed attention. Read more...		NORMACOT AND THE DUKES OF SUTHERLAND by Mary Wilkinson-Feeman only £16.95 Three years in the writing and researching: this much awaited, second book by Mary Wilkinson-Freeman is now available.  This book is the follow-up to her first highly successful book, "The History of Normacot", which sold out within ten months of being published in 1998. Read more...
	PITS, PARACHUTES AND PULPITS by Rev. Peter Bayley only £11.95 Born in the Midlands, on the eve of WW2, Peter Bayley looks back over the significant events in a varied and dynamic life.  He recalls his early life, and humble beginnings, including missed opportunities at grammar school.  He relates how his abiding fascination with religion and the church began. Read more...		POLICING THE POTTERIES by Alf Tunstall & Jeff Cowdell only £17.95 Alf Tunstall's follow-up to his 1st local Police book, 'The Borough Men' from 9 years ago, this time in collaboration with Jeff Cowdell was released in late 2002 and has sold well ever since.  You don't need an interest in the police to enjoy this informative book.  With a fair splattering of intrique, corruption, drunkenness, bravery, humour, and more, these are just a few of the things which this book uncovers. Read more...
	A VICTORIAN POTTERY by Peter Beckett only £8.95 A Victorian Pottery is the 1st in a series devised, researched and written by Peter Beckett, a self confessed 'antiques dealer' who for some years had been buying and selling old and antique pottery and porcelain.  Born and bred in the 'Potteries' and a proud Longtonian, Peter had been an employee of Thomas Forester and Sons when the company finally closed down in the late nineteen fifties. Read more...		WHERE HAVE ALL THE YEARS GONE? by Reg Harvey only £7.95 Released in late 2003 'Where have all the Years Gone?" is by former Silverdale man Reg Harvey; Engineer, Teacher and Entrepreneur.  From his childhood days in the then small village of Silverdale, a mining community on the outskirts of Newcastle, through his life and the many changes he has seen. Read more...
	YASMIN'S CURSE by Pamela Hurst only £8.95 Daughter of the town's whore and a visiting foreign gypsy, Yasmin Jones wants only to be accepted by the townsfolk as a respectable young lady.  However, due to a chain of dramatic events, Yasmin appears to have inherited the power to curse those who harm her, which results in her being feared and hated by the townsfolk, those who she so longed to be accepted by. Read more...		ROLL OF HONOUR by C.W. Sheldon only £15.95 'Roll of honour' is Chris Sheldon's second book and tells the story of the brave men from Leek who gave their lives during the First World War.  This is another unique publication and follows on the success of 'In Name Only' which told the story of the 101 Leek servicemen who fell during the 1939-45 war. Read more...