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| 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 | Derek Smith’s memoirs of the village in the twentieth century |
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| 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. |  |
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| 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 |  |
| The Story of Blewbury Charity School | Peter Northeast | 3rd edition with new material 2007 |
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 |  |
| 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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