Test your knowledge on around 700 facts spread over 39 individual quizzes, on subjects such as genealogy, social history, military history, religion, occupations, geography, heraldry and much more -... More > all with a link to that most splendid of national pastimes: family history research. 60 pages of Q&As from BI-Gen blogger, Mick Southwick. And if you don't know some of the answers, well, at least you've learnt something...< Less
Test your knowledge on around 700 facts spread over 39 individual quizzes, on subjects such as genealogy, social history, military history, religion, occupations, geography, heraldry and much more -... More > all with a link to that most splendid of national pastimes: family history research. 60 pages of Q&As from BI-Gen blogger, Mick Southwick. And if you don't know some of the answers, well, at least you've learnt something...< Less
Oddments from the World of Family History...
Unusual & erroneous PR entries; witty MIs; unusual occupations; medical curiosities; sarcastic record entries; appalling living & working... More > conditions; weird traditions; tall stories; coincidences; longevity; strange deaths; last wills, wishes & words; quotes; and other quirks of history.
72 pages of genealogical entertainment and enlightenment from BI-Gen blogger, Mick Southwick.< Less
Oddments from the World of Family History...
Unusual & erroneous PR entries; witty MIs; unusual occupations; medical curiosities; sarcastic record entries; appalling living & working... More > conditions; weird traditions; tall stories; coincidences; longevity; strange deaths; last wills, wishes & words; quotes; and other quirks of history.
72 pages of genealogical entertainment and enlightenment from BI-Gen blogger, Mick Southwick.< Less
Remember the major news stories of the 1970s? Of course you do! But how much of the detail can you REALLY recall? Well, this affectionate, witty and fact-packed look at the decade that time forgot... More > will fill all the gaps in your fading memory. Watergate, Lord Lucan, the Cod Wars, the Cold War, the Moon Landings, the Yorkshire Ripper, Decimalisation, Pol Pot, Ali, Amin, Test-tube Babies, Rinkagate, Sid Vicious, the Cambridge Spies, the EEC, Bloody Sunday, North Sea Oil, and England's 1970 World Cup Woes - they're all here. So what are you waiting for? 228 pages.< Less
A collection of local history articles on the heritage of the North-East of England - from the Scottish border in the north to the Vale of Pickering in the south. Subjects covered include: Capability... More > Brown; Escomb Saxon Church; Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge; The Lantern of Newcastle's St.Nicholas' Cathedral; Helmsley parish; Penshaw Monument; Description of a Coal Mine; Thomas Bewick; St.Mary's Lighthouse; Dunstanburgh Castle; Catherine Cookson biography; Place-names of the North-East; and potted histories of Haltwhistle, Belsay & Middleton-in-Teesdale. 72 pages.< Less
A reprint of the classic 1889 text of the account of the great defining moment in the history of Newcastle-upon-Tyne - subtly amended to make it more palatable to the modern eye. The story, based on... More > eye-witness descriptions, tells of how the Scots tried to take the great Royalist stronghold of the north in the name of Parliament - and of the fight put up by the town's defenders. 40 pages.< Less
A collection of local history articles on the heritage of the North-East of England - from the Scottish border in the north to Richmond in the south. Subjects covered include: Roseberry Topping; the... More > Hancock Brothers; Wearmouth Bridge; Bamburgh Castle; Ferryhill; Harry Hotspur; Richmond; Wreighill; the Boldon Book; Berwick-on-Tweed; Lindisfarne; the Battle of Heavenfield; Hartlepool's monkey; and potted histories of Crook, Blanchland and Staindrop. 72 pages.< Less
A collection of local history articles on the heritage of the North-East of England - from the Scottish border in the north to Richmond in the south. Subjects covered include: Roseberry Topping; the... More > Hancock Brothers; Wearmouth Bridge; Bamburgh Castle; Ferryhill; Harry Hotspur; Richmond; Wreighill; the Boldon Book; Berwick-on-Tweed; Lindisfarne; the Battle of Heavenfield; Hartlepool's monkey; and potted histories of Crook, Blanchland and Staindrop. 72 pages.< Less
A 4,700-word illustrated essay on the history of Helmsley and its parish, one of the largest in Yorkshire. There is a general outline of the area's history, the historical highlights of the town,... More > together with a summary of Helmsley's religious houses and of the principal outlying settlements. An extended, colour version of the article which appears in 'Aspects of North-East History, Vol.1'. 15 pages.< Less
I've been a member of Lulu since January 2009, and love writing, research and, of course, reading - my interests being mainly historical. I've lots of experience as an editor and self-publisher, though I do have one 'proper' book to my name via another publisher, namely, 'England's First Football Captain'. I ran 'The North-Easterner Magazine' during 1994-2004 (local/family history), and currently maintain the 'British & Irish Genealogy blog' at www.bi-gen.blogspot.com . Hope you enjoy my books - and there'll be more to come soon.
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