Downend Local History Society

Downend Local History Society Publications still in print.

MANGOTSFIELD PICTURE PAST 2 -a collection of reproductions of over a hundred old photographs of Downend, Staple Hill and Mangotsfield with a Foreword by David Smith, County Archivist for Gloucestershire.

Price -£3 +£1.00 p&p

MANGOTSFIELD PICTURE PAST 3 -a different collection of over a hundred old photographs of the same area, together with a reproduction of the Ordinance Survey map, 1921 edition, Glos.Sheet No. LXXII, scale 6" = 1 mile, and a Foreword by John Williams, Bristol City Archivist.

Price- £4 +£1.00 p&p

ALL OUR YESTERDAYS -former miners, shopkeepers, market gardeners, a vet, a shoe-manufacturer, a school teacher, an employee at Carson's Chocolate Factory, a coach builder and others share their memories of living and working in the Mangotsfield area during this century .This is the best kind of social history! The book contains 25 chapters and 40 old photographs are reproduced.

Price- £5 + £1.40 p&p

GENTLEMEN & PLAYERS -With over 150 years since the birth of W.G.Grace, this book introduces you to his paternal and maternal grandparents, his parents. his brothers and sisters, as well as the great man himself.

Price -£2.50 + 75p p&p

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