Download or read book A Swindon Wordsmith the Life Times and Works of George Ewart Hobbs written by Noel Ponting and published by Hobnob Press. This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So-called 'ordinary' working towns sometimes hide their lights under bushels, but this book aims to put the record straight, to some extent - by paying tribute to one of Swindon's forgotten wordsmiths. George Ewart Hobbs deserves to be remembered alongside fellow Swindon writers Alfred Williams and Richard Jefferies, particularly as his works tell us so much about the times through which he lived (1883-1946). Despite working full-time, for more than half a century, as a Great Western Railway engineer, George was a prolific writer, most of his works commissioned as weekly columns in Swindon's local paper, the Advertiser. For the first time, this book republishes a sample of his works, including articles about many of the subjects that fascinated him - religion, philosophy, astronomy, spiritualism, engineering and more. But it also includes poetry, eyewitness reports on remarkable events of the day, pioneering comic sketches and even science fiction stories. As well as this literary legacy, George Ewart Hobbs's vivid writing provides us with a unique and brilliantly observed insight into everyday and so-called 'ordinary' life in Swindon, a century ago.
Download or read book The Ladies of Lydiard written by Frances Bevan and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lydiard House and Park, near Swindon, have been in public ownership since 1943. Today around 700,000 visitors every year jog and cycle or just walk and meander around the 260 acres of beautiful parkland. In a history spanning a thousand years, the Lydiard estate has belonged to just five families. The men were adept at acquiring wealthy brides and spending their fortunes, while their wives were consigned to a private, passive life. Throughout the long history of the Lydiard estate the men have been in charge - or have they? From Margaret Beauchamp, the medieval matriarch who inherited the Lydiard estate as an 11-year-old, to Bessie Howard, the gamekeeper's granddaughter, who staked her claim with a surprise revelation at the funeral of Henry St. John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke, the Lydiard ladies have been a force to be reckoned with. Now, for the first time the story of the Ladies of Lydiard is told. The book is illustrated with stunning colour portraits, displayed at Lydiard, of many of the women described, alongside illustrations of the house and park.
Download or read book The Archaeology of the Borough of Swindon written by Bernard Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The borough of Swindon embraces not only one of the largest towns in central southern England; it includes also large tracts of chalk downland and much of the upper Thames valley. The rapid pace of development across this area has resulted in a wealth of important archaeological discoveries, from earliest prehistory to the recent past. Bernard Phillips, author of this profusely illustrated survey, has played a leading part in excavating and understanding Swindon's archaeology over more than fifty years, and so is able to bring to his subject a unique authority, making this the indispensable handbook to the evolution of a region now home to almost a quarter of a million people.
Download or read book The Jurassic Coast written by Amanda K Hampson and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jurassic Coast, A Poet's Journey, is the author's second book of poetry, and as the title suggests, is a voyage in verse around the Dorset and South Devon coast in England. In 2001, the Jurassic Coast became England's first natural World Heritage Site, to be protected, conserved and passed intact to future generations. Its breathtaking beauty and wildness have been an inspiring source of riches for the varied poetry in this volume, together with the artist's vibrant illustrations.
Download or read book Stuff the Bustard and Other Poems written by Sue Kemp and published by Hobnob Press. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuff the Bustard and other poems is Sue Kemp's record of the entertaining and unusual topics that have featured on BBC Wiltshire's Breakfast radio show over the past couple of years. Always light-hearted, this book will rekindle memories for the regular listeners to Wiltshire radio. The poems also stand alone in their own right to provide an accessible and amusing read. Sue Kemp lives in Bratton Wiltshire, where she runs a small bed and breakfast. She enjoys travelling and meeting people and is a regular listener to local radio. She is known on local radio as the Bard of Bratton.
Download or read book Fresh from the Farm 6pk written by Rigby and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Poems and The Testament written by Alfred Williams and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Williams (1877-1930), dubbed 'the hammerman poet', was a self-taught Wiltshire genius, whose life was toil and poverty, but who deserves to live on and be remembered as a sensitive chronicler of village life, folksong collector, industrial reporter - and rural poet, in the mould of Clare, Cowper and Whitman. This is a facsimile reprint of his Selected Poems, published in 1925, to which has been appended one longer poem, 'The Testament', a joyful celebration of nature and mankind's place in the world.
Download or read book Guide to South Africa written by Philip Briggs and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an engaging style and a selective approach, this guide shows the way through South Africa's almost bewildering array of attractions -- from Kruger National Park, which protects more species than any other reserve on the continent, to the Drakensberg mountain range, which offers unlimited opportunities for climbing and hiking, to the resort towns and unspoiled isolated beaches of the country's vast coastline. This thorough update reflects the widespread political changes that have occurred in the last three years and includes several new itineraries.
Download or read book Collins My First Book of Transport written by Collins and published by Collins. This book was released on 2013 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brightly illustrated and engaging book will give hours of pleasure as well as help with school work and projects. Find out about it all with Collins.Part of the 'My First' series of reference books for young readers.
Download or read book A Swindon Radical written by Noel Ponting and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to a book that was never intended. After all, when A Swindon Wordsmith was published in 2019, highlighting the life and works of railwayman and parttime writer George Ewart Hobbs, the authors were satisfied that it achieved both of their main aims: showcasing work by someone who had undeservedly been forgotten since his death in 1946, but also opening a fascinating window on Swindon in times gone by. However, the surprise discovery of more works by George made it necessary to produce a second volume, and this book therefore samples some of the articles he wrote and published in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly in the Swindon Advertiser. Like its predecessor, this new book covers a wide range of George's interests, including religion, philosophy, astronomy, spiritualism, engineering and more. And as he came to terms with a changing world at home, and as the world spiralled towards the second declaration of global war in his lifetime, it chronicles the views of an increasingly radical thinker, who was always ahead of his time. Along with a simultaneously published companion book, A Visit to Venus (George's 1927 science fiction tale), A Swindon Radical completes the story of this fascinating wordsmith and free-thinker.
Download or read book Swimming Without Mangoes written by David R. Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography describing the childhood in Swindon, Wiltshire, England of an immigrant boy from Monserrat, West Indies, who went on to become a distinguished barrister and law lecturer.
Download or read book Another Picture Another Story written by Richard Wintle and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second (of three) selections of images drawn from the millions archived by the author during his career as freelance press photographer and owner of Calyx Picture agency. Based in Swindon the images chronicle events of many kinds in the town and its surroundings, including factory closures, royal visits, music and film celebrities, military repatriations and major news stories. This book continues the series, begun by A Picture is only the start of the story (ISBN 9781906978822).
