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100 Years of Photographs

Blewbury "In one year and out the other"

Blewbury Remembers

Blewbury Self Portrait 1967

Over the Fence

Blewbury Artists

Blewbury Brass Band

Blewbury Charity School

This Venerable Village

Treading the Path of Duty

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Books about Blewbury

A list of books, in and out of print, describing aspects of Blewbury and its surroundings
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A Blewbury Life

Derek Smith,

Edited by Judith Cartwright

Published July 2008

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Derek Smith’s memoirs of the village in the twentieth century

A View from the Hill Edited Peter Cockrell
and Shirley Kay
Published Nov 2006 BEG Many varied articles on the area between the Thames and the Ridgeway, centred on Blewburton Hill - for synopsis see www.aviewfromthehill.org
Blewbury - A Hundred Years of Photographs Roger Cambray, design: Roy East and Ron Freeborn Published 1979
Out of print - but see next column
Copied on to this web site - click here Collection of old photographs of the village, with some modern photos of the same places

Blewbury "In One Year And Out The Other"

Edited Ron Freeborn and Robert Long Published 2010 2009 What happened in Blewbury throughout 2009, with lists of news events nationally and intenationally, intended as a time capsule for 2059
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Blewbury Remembers - Reminiscences of the war years

Mark Palethorpe and Karen Brookes Published 2009 BLHG Describes what is known about about the lives and the deaths of the men on the War Memorials for the Second World War, with other memories of the war years. A sequel to Treading the Path of Duty (see below)

Blewbury

Self Portrait 1967

Edited A. Fortnam and R. Freeborn

Published 1967

Out of print

  A wide selection of articles by residents in 1967.
Over the Fence ‘Nosey Parker’ Published 2006 PP Collection of satirical articles about Blewbury and elsewhere
The Blewbury Artists 1880-1999 Margaret Gallop 2nd edition 2000 BLHG Details of many artists who have lived in Blewbury, with illustrations of some of their work
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The Story of Blewbury Brass Band Steve Russell and Julian Gallop Published 2010 BB The history of the Brass Band over the past 100 years since its foundation in 1910 Walks Booklet
The Story of Blewbury Charity School Peter Northeast 3rd edition with new material 2007

BLHG

also from Blewbury School

Detailed history of Blewbury School from 1707 to the present day
This Venerable Village Peter Northeast, illustrated by Roy East 5th edition with substantial updates 2007 BLHG Describes the history of the village, and the history of many of the houses and other buildings in the village.

Treading the Path of Duty

Blewbury War Dead

World War One

Mark Palethorpe and Audrey Long Published 2008 BLHG Describes what is known about the lives and the deaths of the men on the War Memorials for the First World War.
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Walks Around Blewbury Roger Cambray
and Doug Ironside
3rd edition 2008 BLHG Booklet describing 20 local walks starting from Blewbury Walks Booklet
Sources for books which are in print are:
  2009 Paul Whitehead email: p.g.whitehead@reading.ac.uk
  BB Secretary, Blewbury Brass Band email: www.blewburybrassband.org.uk
  BEG Blewbury Environment Group See www.aviewfromthehill.org  or email: bvs_mail@tiscali.co.uk
  BLHG Blewbury Local History Group Click here: Blewbury Local History Group
  JS Jo Smith telephone 01235 850546
  PP Parker Productions email: parkerproducts@btinternet.com
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