STUART HYLTON is a freelance writer, a local historian, and the author of numerous history titles including Careless Talk: A Hidden History of the Home Front, Reading at War and A History of Manchester.
18 Ebooks by Stuart Hylton
Stuart Hylton: The Little Book of the 1950s
The Little Book of the 1950s is a fast-paced and entertaining account of life in Britain during an extraordinary decade, as we moved from post-war austerity to the swinging sixties. There are dramas, …
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Stuart Hylton: The Little Book of Berkshire
The Little Book of Berkshire is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in the county, from its earliest origins to the present day. Here you can read about the …
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Stuart Hylton: The Little Book of the 1970s
The Little Book of the 1970s is a fast-paced and entertaining account of life in Britain during an extraordinary decade, as we moved from the swinging sixties to the punk-rock seventies. Here are dra …
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Stuart Hylton: The Early Pioneers of Steam
We think of the Stephensons and Brunel as the fathers of the railways, and their Liverpool and Manchester and Great Western Railways as the prototypes of the modern systems. But who were the railways …
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Stuart Hylton: Surviving the Home Front
Terrifying raids, thousands of bombs and countless petrified inhabitants of Britain’s busiest cities. These are the prevailing images of the Blitz and the Home Front in the Second World War. However, …
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Stuart Hylton: The Little Book of Manchester
Did You Know? – In 1824 a Pendleton tollkeeper set up Britain’s first true public bus service, thought to be one of the first in the world. – Communism can claim to have been conceived, if not born, …
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Stuart Hylton: Reading in the 1950s
In Reading in the 1950s Stuart Hylton gives a fascinating account of the town and its people during a decade of rapid and memorable change. The story begins in the drab atmosphere of the early postwa …
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Stuart Hylton: Leisure in Post-War Britain
A nation’s choice of leisure activities can tell you much about its national character, and Britain has seen a revolution in leisure since the war. Growing affluence, increased mobility and new techn …
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€17.66
Stuart Hylton: What the Railways Did For Us
It is hard, from a distance of nearly two centuries, to imagine the impact the coming of the railways must have had at the start of the nineteenth century. Their physical impact was dramatic enough – …
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€9.95
Stuart Hylton: Reading 1800 to the Present Day
Reading has been transformed in the last century or so. It has gone from being a Victorian manufacturing town to a major centre for service industries and cutting-edge technology. It was, and still i …
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€17.67
Stuart Hylton: Reading in 50 Buildings
From Victorian manufacturing town, famous for the ‘three Bs’ – beer, bulbs and biscuits – to its current status as a major centre for service industries and cutting-edge technology, Reading has a pro …
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€15.44
Stuart Hylton: A-Z of Reading
Reading has a rich history going back well over a thousand years. It has seen kings and queens making extended stays in the town (a king of England is even buried there), meetings of Parliament, and …
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€15.37
Stuart Hylton: British Seaside
For more than two hundred years, the British public has had a special relationship with the seaside. It has offered a miracle cure for all sorts of ailments, a place for an ever-increasing part of th …
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€15.47
Stuart Hylton: Kent and Sussex 1940
In June 1940, Britain’s front line against the German armies was the coast of Kent and Sussex. Across the Channel, Hitler’s forces gathered, preparing for invasion, as the Home Forces struggled despe …
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€6.45
Stuart Hylton: Reporting the Great War
The Great War of 1914-1918 was the world’s first total conflict. It drew the whole population into the war effort as never before. The armed forces recruited on a scale that was previously unimaginab …
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€6.42
Stuart Hylton: Reporting the Great War
The Great War of 1914-1918 was the world’s first total conflict. It drew the whole population into the war effort as never before. The armed forces recruited on a scale that was previously unimaginab …
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€6.45
Stuart Hylton: Kent and Sussex 1940
In June 1940, Britain’s front line against the German armies was the coast of Kent and Sussex. Across the Channel, Hitler’s forces gathered, preparing for invasion, as the Home Forces struggled despe …
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€6.43
Stuart Hylton: Steam Engines and Steam Railways
Steam engines and steam railways have a long, fascinating history, with many exciting areas to explore. Whether you are visiting a steam railway, or simply want to know more about how steam railways …
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