Cradley Links Bookshop
Cradley has a long and rich history and is fortunate also in being well endowed with local historians who have recorded and interpreted it, in word and song.
All the books listed below are available by post. Please e-mail Jill Guest for details of individual postal charges and for overseas postage if available.
NEW! (NOVEMBER 2009)
| Title | Author | Price £ |
|---|---|---|
Two Gates Ragged School, Through the years, 1867 to 2003 Chapters in the book include: the early history of the Chapel, a list of Superintendents, teachers from 1913 to 1944, pictures of scholars who won the Scripture Exam, a chapter about Two Gates Ragged School Football Team, and much more. All proceeds go to the Ragged School. |
Compiled by Barry Willetts | 5.00 |
| Two Gates Ragged School 2010 Calendar with pictures from the above book. All proceeds go to the Ragged School. | 3.50 | |
| History of Cradley, Cradley Mills on the Stour, A study of the development of Cradley water mills from agricultural to industrial to extinction. New Edition, revised and extended. | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 6.00 |
Chain-Makers, Chapels & Pubs - George Head and his Family in Cradley. This is the story of a man who left Billingsley in Shropshire, and walked most of the way to Cradley, for work, and of the Halesowen woman he married, the family they had, and the lives they lived. Its all here - what they made, where they prayed, and the tricky subject of ... the pubs, of which Cradley had more than most places, per head (no pun intended) of the population. |
Peter Head | 8.00 |
CRADLEY BOOKS FOR SALE
| Title | Author | Price £ |
|---|---|---|
| A Cradley Album OUT OF STOCK | Peter Barnsley | 3.25 |
| Cradley Looking Back | Peter Barnsley | 4.95 |
| Fragments from the History of Cradley, 22 Essays | Norman Bird | 5.00 |
| History of Cradley Chapels Part 1 1700-1800 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1 1700-1800 end_of_the_skype_highlighting | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 2.00 |
| History of Cradley Chapels Part 2 1800-1900 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 2 1800-1900 end_of_the_skype_highlighting | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 6.00 |
| History of Cradley Chapels Part 3 1900-2000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 3 1900-2000 end_of_the_skype_highlighting | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 6.00 |
| History of Cradley, Cradley Baptist Trust Deeds 1778-1863, A study and transcript of property deeds relating to Cradley Baptist Church | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 3.00 |
| History of Cradley, 1782 Survey, A Study of Cradley and the Enclosure Book | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 2.00 |
| History of Cradley, Wills and Inventories, A Study of Life in Cradley in the 16th & 17th Centuries | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 6.00 |
| History of Cradley, Court Rolls Part 1 1519-1558 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1 1519-1558 end_of_the_skype_highlighting | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 6.00 |
| History of Cradley, Court Rolls Part 2 1565-1596 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 2 1565-1596 end_of_the_skype_highlighting | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 6.00 |
| History of Cradley, Court Rolls Part 3 1609-1644 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 3 1609-1644 end_of_the_skype_highlighting | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 6.00 |
| History of Cradley, Tithe Maps & Schedules, A study and transcription of Cradley Tithe Map & Apportionment 1843 | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 4.00 |
| A Mirror to the Flock, A Transcription of the Notebooks of Rev. James Hesselgrave Thompson, Notebook One - 1857 | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 6.00 |
| A Mirror to the Flock, A Transcription of the Notebooks of Rev. James Hesselgrave Thompson, Notebook Two - 1863 | Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt | 4.00 |
| A Mirror to the Flock - both the above Notebooks purchased together | 9.00 | |
| A Montage of Mundon, DVD of local Black Country Night Out comedian | Tommy Mundon | 10.00 |
| Brief History of Lye and Wollescote | Don Cochrane | 10.00 |
| Criminal Ancestors 1787-1868 | Don Cochrane | 5.00 |
| From Lye 'to Parts beyond the Seas' | Don Cochrane | 5.00 |
| The History of The Hill Family of Oldnall, Dennis, Lye and others | Don Cochrane | 8.50 |
| Brickyards of the Black Country: A forgotten industry | John Cooksey | 9.99 |
| Cradley Then & Now | A Book by Cradley Folk, about Cradley Folk, for Cradley Folk | 4.95 |
| Graingers Lane Memories (Cradley Heath) | Samuel Woodhouse | 3.00 |
| High Town Ragged School, A Historical Sketch | Isaac Meachem Jn. Transcribed from an original copy by Barry Willetts | 3.00 |
| History of Park Lane Chapel, Netherend and Diary of the War Years 1939-45 at Netherend Chapel | Rev. A.J. Heale. Transcribed from original documents by Jill Guest | 6.00 |
| Cradley Castings Limited, Through the Years | Bev Pegg | 3.50 |
| The Foundry Air (LP record) | Bev Pegg | 5.00 |
| The Foundry Air (CD - same as LP above) | Bev Pegg | 10.00 |
| Cradley, A History | Cliff Willetts | 3.50 |
| When I Was a Boy (Books I, II and III combined) - Cliff's memories of Cradley and Two Gates around 1900 | Cliff Willetts | 2.00 |
| 2 Years before Demob | Barry Willetts | 2.00 |
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Tipton This 'n' Tipton That
[Tipton is not exactly Cradley but it is in the Black Country and its poet David Bartley is a good friend of Cradley. He has even dedicated poems to us. We are pleased to distribute David's first published collection.] |
David Bartley | 4.75 |
POETRY BOOKS
| Title | Author | Price £ |
|---|---|---|
| Journey into Light | Anne Priest | 2.00 |
| Black Country | Anne Brotherton | 2.00 |
