Frost Fairs to Funfairs
Frost Fairs to Funfairs

Author: Nick Corble

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2017-11-15

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1445661535

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This lavishly illustrated volume evokes all the excitement and fervour of the fair coming to town while at the same time demonstrating how the fair is not only an integral part of English culture.

Eccentric Britain
Eccentric Britain

Author: Benedict Le Vay

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9781841621227

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A delightful romp around the British Isles searching out the mad marquess, the eccentric earl, the barmy baron, and the daft duke and gathering a fair collection of crackpot inventors, weird adventurers and fascinatingly and not to mention insanely curious customs along the way. All of which make this rainy little island home to that remarkable breed of individual - the British eccentric.This expanded book still doesn't tell you where Stonehenge is, but it does tell you where ten spookier stone circles are where there will be no crowds, no admission charges and no parking problems... This is a book for the intelligent, humorous, curious tourist who doesn't go with the crowd. It is also a great armchair read that has been known to have readers weeping with mirth at the weird ways of the British.

Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Britain
Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Britain

Author: Benedict Le Vay

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 184162375X

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A Tesco on every corner, Boden catalogues piled through the letterbox, and Center Parcs holidays - Britain has been overrun by all-pervasive corporate sameness. Or has it? Ben le Vay - expert on all things eccentric - reveals the quirky gems hidden near your home: hotter than the spice girls everywhere, Norfolk's fascinating Mustard Museum; Devon's Gnome Reserve, home to over 1,000 of Britain's beloved garden characters; or the fourth Earl of Dunmore's eccentric home, The Pineapple. Encompassing eccentric pastimes, aristocrats and bizarre last wishes, Ben le Vay's Eccentric Britain is both a humorous and entertaining read, as well as practical guide to some of Britain's most peculiar and unexpected monuments, gardens and museums. Benedict le Vay is a features editor on a leading British newspaper. He spends his spare time researching zany facts about the British and their way of life. He is also the author of Bradt's Eccentric London and Britain from the Rails.

The Secret People
The Secret People

Author: Melusine Draco

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2016-09-30

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1785354450

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Much of what passes for ‘witchcraft’ today was everyday knowledge to our forebears, especially those who lived and worked in the countryside. Here were to be found practical household hints, remedies and family recipes that had been handed down from generation to generation, some still existing in the form of treasured journals and notebooks. There is, however, nothing fanciful or far-fetched about this information - in fact, The Secret People is a remembrance of times past and a preservation of ‘parish-pump witchcraft, wise-women and cunning ways’ adapted for use in the 21st century. It may also go a long way in helping those present-generation pagans in search of an identity and answer the questions: Who ... what am I?

Old English Customs and Ceremonies
Old English Customs and Ceremonies

Author: F. J. Drake-Carnell

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1528783433

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This vintage book by F. J. Drake-Carnell explores the historical English ceremonies and traditions. From the Queen's opening of parliament to small town festivals and beyond, this volume contains everything one might to know about English customs, and it is not to be missed by the discerning Anglophile. Contents include: “The Houses of Parliament (1)”, “The Houses of Parliament (2)”, “Royal Ceremonies”, “The City of London”, “The City Livery Companies”, “Ceremony and the Law”, “Ecclesiastical Ceremonies, Doles, and Charities”, “Customs in the Country (1)”, “Customs in the Country (2)”, “Customs in the Country (3)”, Curious Tenures (1)”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.