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The museum is also the recipient of all profits made by this book.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56299558797685,"sku":"9781445620862","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781445620862.jpg?v=1786020775"},{"product_id":"kinver-and-enville-the-photographic-collection","title":"Kinver and Enville: The Photographic Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday’s village of Kinver first made an appearance in 736 AD as Cynibre. Despite being close to the Black Country and having a flourishing iron working industry from the seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, the village avoided the spread of industry and housing. Even today much of the village lies within a conservation area and is surrounded by green belt land. The neighbouring village of Enville, its hall the seat of the former Earls of Stamford and Warrington, has also escaped the seemingly relentless spread of suburbia, and has retained its unspoilt individuality. Chapters cover canals and rivers, pubs, prominent properties, churches, the Kinver Light Railway and tourism. This attractive volume will evoke nostalgic memories for many people, and will give pleasure to residents and visitors alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481566716277,"sku":"9780750933575","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780750933575.jpg?v=1786089839"},{"product_id":"royal-wootton-bassett-history-tour","title":"Royal Wootton Bassett History Tour","description":"‘Royal Wootton Bassett History Tour’ provides a fascinating glimpse into the past of this Wiltshire market town. Its royal patronage was conferred in 2011 following the local tributes at the military repatriation funeral processions, which had passed through the town since 2007, for personnel brought home from Iraq and Afghanistan. In this book, Sarah and Bob Clarke guide readers around the town’s streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the years, as well as exploring some of its lesser-known sights and hidden corners.This pocket-sized guide reveals how the town has altered and highlights the way of life for past generations. With the help of a handy location map, readers are invited to discover for themselves the history and the changing face of Royal Wootton Bassett.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57503702122869,"sku":"9781398100916","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781398100916.jpg?v=1786867411"},{"product_id":"the-woman-who-gave-birth-to-rabbits","title":"The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits","description":"In November 1726, England was shocked by the astonishing news that Mary Toft, a poor cloth-worker's wife from Godalming, was giving birth to rabbits. When King George heard of this medical miracle, he sent two of his royal surgeons down to Surrey to investigate. They both delivered rabbits from Mary on separate occasions. After giving birth to seventeen rabbits, Mary was brought to London where; \"great Numbers of the Nobility have been to see her and many Physicians have attended her, in order to make a strict Search into the Affair\". Mary's story was a great gift to Grub Street. As well as providing several months of sensational material for the newspapers, it inspired a host of pamphlets, caricatures, ribald ballads, and satires, and made the medical profession look a bunch of gullible fools. This well-researched but entertaining book will appeal to anyone who is interested in the quirkier side of history, covering a sensational event that generated hilarity and anxiety, splitting the nation between those who believed the births were genuine and those who considered them fraudulent. As well as being a human-interest story, it deals with print culture, medical developments, and beliefs, among other aspects of eighteenth century life.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507798352245,"sku":"9781835842201","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781835842201.jpg?v=1793043843"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-bob-clarke.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}