| Title |
Summary |
Subject |
Where |
Year |
Author |
| Memoirs |
Summary - A life story, from chorister to a career in aviation working in 21 countries |
Every Day Life |
World Wide |
1932-1982 |
Alan Douglas |
| Jazz and Eel Pie Island |
The story of Eel Pie Island and the jazz played there |
Every Day Life |
England |
1954-1971 |
John Platt |
| Bombay during the Raj |
Early Life in Bombay in the Days of the Raj |
Every Day Life |
India |
1943 |
Makis Aperghis |
| Basic RAF Training |
Life for National Servicemen during RAF initial Training at Padgate |
Military |
England |
1951 |
Alan Douglas |
| Letters from the First World War |
Detailed account of training and the tank corps in WW1 but not on the front line. |
Military |
Europe |
1917-1919 |
Hugh Douglas |
| Trekking in Kashmir |
Idiosyncratic advice for trekking in Kashmir in the days of the Raj |
Travel |
World Wide |
1945 |
Graham Morris |
| Home movie of the Berlin Airlift |
Movie taken by Reggie Langtry who flew a BSAA Tudor in the Berlin Airlift |
Aviation |
Germany |
1948-1949 |
Reggie Langtry |
| Recollections of the First World War |
Detailed description of military service throughout WW1 |
Military |
France |
1914-1918 |
Bertie Badenoch |
| British Atom Bomb Tests at Christmas Island |
How the author came to be on Christmas Island for the British Atom Bomb tests and his experiences there |
Military |
Pacific |
1957 |
Robin Wallace-Sims |
| Letter from Canada |
Description of life as an emigrant farmer and of the rebellion on 1847 |
Every Day Life |
North America |
1838 |
James Cooper |
| Proving Flight from London to Melbourne |
An Atalanta aircraft with a range of only 600 miles surveys the route to Australia. Extracts from the official reports and photos |
Aviation |
World Wide |
1933 |
C F Griffiths |
| Holiday in Egypt |
A young lady's tour to Egypt with friends and a chaperone. |
Travel |
Egypt |
1881-82 |
Edith Garnett |
| Starting a farm in the Australian bush |
The hardships and challenges of life in the Australian bush. |
Every Day Life |
Australia |
1838-1842 |
Unknown |
| Escape from Spanish Armada Shipwreck |
Captain Cuellar was shipwrecked in Ireland and survived extraordinary hardships and lucky escapes |
Travel |
Ireland |
1588-1589 |
Captain Cuellar |
| Early Life in Australia |
An early settler whose father emigrated to Tasmania and later moved to Melbourne |
Every Day Life |
Australia |
1825-1887 |
Jane Mouritz |
| Officer Cadet Training |
Training in the army for a National Service Officer Cadet at Eaton Hall |
Military |
England |
1951 |
Ian Johnson |
| Chorister in Wartime |
Life as a chorister at Durham Cathedral |
Every Day Life |
England |
1943-1947 |
Alan Douglas |
| An Outing on a Paddle Steamer |
A day trip on the paddle steamer Royal Eagle from Southend |
Travel |
England |
1934 |
Gordon Lee |
| Radio Servicing |
A technical story about old radios and fixing them - from crystal sets onwards. |
Industry |
England |
1937-1953 |
Dave May |
| Touring Scotland |
A tour by steam train, paddle steamer and horse drawn carriage round western Scotland |
Travel |
Scotland |
1896 |
Elizabeth Roe |
| Career as a Royal Navy Engineer |
Life as an engineer in the royal navy, before during and after world war 2. People, the conditions and machinery. |
Military |
World Wide |
1930-1956 |
Robert Wallace-Sims |
| Engineering Apprenticeship |
The background to railway engineering at Eastleigh and life as a railway engineering apprentice there |
Industry |
England |
1924-1930 |
Robert Wallace-Sims |
| Sicily Landing |
Timed account from 9th to 11th July from a sailor of the landing in Sicily |
Military |
Italy |
1943 |
Unknown |
| Friday 13th |
Later stages of a test flight in a Canberra bomber that went badly wrong |
Aviation |
England |
1965 |
John Harper |
| Railway Building in China |
A photographic account of railway building on the Peking to Mukden Railway. The engineering, people involved and pictures of their life and surroundings |
Industry |
China |
1920-1926 |
Arthur Douglas |
| Cartoons from the Trenches |
Cartoons and a photo from the first world war. From the album of a captain in the Royal Engineers |
Military |
France |
1917 |
Arthur Douglas |
| Childhood in Crewe |
Early memories of day to day life growing up in Crewe |
Every Day Life |
England |
1911 |
Marjorie Potter |
| Battle of Jutland |
A detailed record of the battle by a signalman on board HMS Engladine |
Military |
North Sea |
1916 |
H Y Ganderton |
| St Catherine's Monastery |
Travelling by sea and camel from Suez to St Catherine's monastery and Mount Sinai |
Travel |
Egypt |
1925 |
C A Harper |
| Airline Baggage Security |
Complications the first time that a baggage security check was done in Jeddah |
Aviation |
Saudi Arabia |
1970 |
Alan Douglas |
| Emma Diary |
Extracts from a letter that became a delightfully illustrated diary of a young spinster's stay in Tenby |
Every Day Life |
Wales |
1873 |
Lucy Amelia Lawford |
