Reprint: local history publishers in Loughborough, Leicestershire and the Midlands
Reprint publish original local history books for Loughborough, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire, with a catalogue of over 300 titles. We also reprint out-of-print and hard-to-find volumes of local interest, as well as postcards and calendars. Want to write a book of local interest? We can publish it for you.
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Steam At Foxton
David Heathcote
Standing on the old boiler house floor at Foxton, it is difficult to imagine what it must have been like in working days. The many working steam museums around the country give a better picture, and last Easter I spent the weekend helping out at Papplewick Pumping Station, which is celebrating its centenary. Papplewick is a water pumping station just north of Nottingham, with two Watt rotative beam engines which have been restored by the volunteers.
The Boiler room houses a bank of six … [more about this new title]
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Quorn Postcards
These four postcards show fascinating glimpses of the village of Quorn in days gone by. It is interesting that each one shows a pub, something that Quorn has no shortage of!
1) Main Street Quorn
Leicester Road, Quorn has been known by many names over the years including Main Street which appears on one of the postcards. This photograph was taken around 1910. Almost all the buildings on both sides of the road have now been demolished. On the right can be seenthe Mill House pub and part of … [more about this new gift]
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