Alan Rose

This fascinating collection of over 200 archive images provides a nostalgic insight into the changing history of Ashton-under-Lyne over the last 150 years. The images are accompanied by detailed captions that bring to life many aspects of bygone Ashton-under-Lyne, including chapters on work, schools, transport, streets, industry and local events, providing a vital record of vanished vistas and past practices. This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the area, and also awaken memories of a bygone time for those who worked or lived in the town.

Takes the reader on a tour of Shropshire's inns. Illustrated with over 100 images, this work offers an insight into the history of these crafted items. It is useful for those interested in the story behind the signs, and provides a guide for those who wish to locate them around the county.

This fascinating collection of 200 photographs shows the recent history of Stalybridge and Dukinfield, adjoining constituency in 1868, and are now part of the borough of Tameside. Stalybridge and Dukinfield were spawned by the Industrial Revolution, which transformed scattered farmhouses adn homesteads into coherent and self-confident towns. Many of the photographs here record buildings, streets adn townscapes that have now disappeared. They will re-awaken memories among older residents, while showing the young the face of the two towns as they used to be. The area also has links to the famous, as Stalybridge was home to the mother of Beatrix Potter, of Peter Rabbit fame; Dukinfield was the childhood home to Mary Moffat, a missionary wife in South Africa and mother-in-law to David Livingstone. This endearing collection provides an unparalleled insight into Stalybridge and Dukinfield and gives a glimpse of the streets of the two towns and the people who lived there, at work and leisure. Many of these photographs are in print for the first time adn will provide much nostalgic pleasure for many.

-Transform the world - said Marx. -Change life - said Rimbaud. The Surrealists insisted that these two slogans could be joined. To that end, they tried to wed their poetic revolt to the French Communist Party and the political forces for change. This book examines the early relationship between Surrealism and Communism, from the Dada period up to the moment when leaders of the Surrealist group joined the French Communist Party. It focuses on the liaison between the Surrealists and the Marxist intellectuals in the "Clarte" group."