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TotheLighthouseKentLife.pdf: To the Lighthouse (Kent Life April 2022)


WinterintheDales.pdf: Winter in the Dales (Dalesman February 2022)


NeverForgotten.pdf: Never Forgotten (Cornwall Life December 2021)


PreparedforAttack.pdf: Prepared for Attack (Hampshire Life September 2021)

Dorset Magazine


TotheLighthouse.pdf: To the Lighthouse (Dorset Magazine October 2021)

Derbyshire Life


Derbyshire'sAbandonedNuclearBunkers.pdf: Derbyshire's Abandoned Nuclear Bunkers (Derbyshire Life October 2021)

Suffolk Magazine


AWarthatNeverCame.pdf: A War that Never Came (Suffolk Magazine September 2021)


GoingUndergroundSecretEssex.pdf: Going Underground Secret Essex (Essex Life August 2021)


Cornwall'sNuclearAge.pdf: Cornwall's Nuclear Age (Cornwall Life August 2021)


WhatLiesBeneath.pdf: What Lies Beneath (Surrey Life April/May 2021)


Dorset'sColdWarBunkers.pdf: Dorset's Cold War Bunkers (Dorset March/April 2021)


BringingtheLight.pdf: Bringing the Light (Yorkshire Life March/April 2021)

Hertfordshire Life


Herts'ColdWarSecrets.pdf: Herts' Cold War Secrets (Hertfordshire Life February 2021)


PastBunkerMentality.pdf: Past Bunker Mentality (Yorkshire Post 14 January 2021)

Norfolk Magazine


Norfolk'sNuclearSecrets.pdf: Norfolk's Nuclear Secrets (Norfolk Magazine January 2021)


ReturnTickettoaYorkshireClassic1.pdf: Return Ticket to a Yorkshire Classic, pages 1 and 2 (Yorkshire Post 26 December 2020)


ReturnTickettoaYorkshireClassic2.pdf: Return Ticket to a Yorkshire Classic, page 3 (Yorkshire Post 26 December 2020)


RelicsofaRecentPast.pdf: Relics of a Recent Past (Cumbria January 2021)


50YearsoftheRailwayChildren.pdf: 50 Years of The Railway Children (My Weekly 19 December 2020)


StillonTrack.pdf: Still on Track (Yorkshire Life December 2020)

Norfolk Magazine


OurSeasideSentinels.pdf: Our Seaside Sentinels (Norfolk Magazine August 2020)


TimeontheInside.pdf: Time on the Inside (Dalesman June 2020)


TriumphoftheMills.pdf: Triumph of the Mills (Yorkshire Post 11 April 2020)


KeepingtheLightsOn.pdf: Keeping the Lights On (Hampshire Life February 2020)


GuidingLightsSL.pdf: Guiding Lights (Sussex Life January 2020)


LightingUpCornwall.pdf: Lighting Up Cornwall (Cornwall Life April 2018)


Joe'sFinalJourney.pdf: Joe's Final Journey (Dalesman January 2018)


coldwarcuckfield.pdf: Cold War Cuckfield (Sussex Life July 2017)


back-to-backstothefuture.pdf: Back-to-Backs to the Future? (Dalesman April 2017)


yorkshiresrailwaychildren.pdf: Yorkshire's Railway Children (Dalesman January 2017)


whereeaglesflew.pdf: Where Eagles Flew (Cumbria October 2016)


lyingdownonthejob.pdf: Lying Down on the Job (Cumbria September 2016)


theolddaysintheliquoricefactory.pdf: The Old Days in the Liquorice Factory (Dalesman June 2016)


tilburnofthemightyhood.pdf: Tilburn of the Mighty Hood (Dalesman May 2016)

Big Issue in the North


dontgiveuptheship.pdf: Don't Give Up the Ship (Big Issue North 18 January 2016)


youcanexpectagoodreception.pdf: You Can Expect a Good Reception (Dalesman September 2015)


kirkstileinnloweswater.pdf: The Kirkstile Inn (Cumbria September 2015)


queensarmsbiggar.pdf: The Queen's Arms (Cumbria August 2015)


woolpackinn.pdf: The Woolpack Inn (Cumbria July 2015)


royaloakappleby.pdf: The Royal Oak (Cumbria June 2015)


youthhostellingfallaciesdebunked.pdf: Youth Hostelling Fallacies Debunked (Cumbria May 2015)


thethreeshiresinn.pdf: The Three Shires Inn (Cumbria May 2015)


thewatermillatings.pdf: The Watermill (Cumbria April 2015)


fishinnbuttermere.pdf: The Fish Inn (Cumbria March 2015)

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britanniainnelterwater.pdf: The Britannia Inn (Cumbria February 2015)


themortalman.pdf: The Mortal Man (Cumbria January 2015)


olddungeonghyll.pdf: The Old Dungeon Ghyll (Cumbria December 2014)


crosskeysinn.pdf: The Cross Keys Inn (Cumbria November 2014)


wasdaleheadinnlayout.pdf: The Wasdale Head Inn (Cumbria October 2014)

Yorkshire Evening Post


makingthemostofourmillheritagefull.pdf: Making the Most of Our Mill Heritage (Yorkshire Evening Post 30 September 2014)


istheretroubleattmill.pdf: Is There Trouble at t'Mill (Yorkshire Post 30 September 2014)


amonumentalcountdown.pdf: A Monumental Countdown: Yorkshire's Textile Mills Part III (Dalesman November 2013)


chillingremindersofdanger.pdf: Chilling Reminders of Danger (Dalesman November 2013)


buildingswithafuture.pdf: Buildings with a Future: Yorkshire's Textile Mills Part II (Dalesman October 2013)


battleforstamfordbridgetobegivenitsdue.pdf: Battle for Stamford Bridge to Be Given Its Due (Yorkshire Post 20 September 2013)


remindersofadramaticheritage.pdf: Reminders of a Dramatic Heritage: Yorkshire's Textile Mills Part I (Dalesman September 2013)


solvingmysteries.pdf: Solving Mysteries (Hampshire Life May 2013)


alessoninlanguage.pdf: A Lesson in Language (Dalesman April 2013)


dialectpartofourfutureorconsignedtoourpast.pdf: Dialect: Part of Our Future or Consigned to Our Past? (Dalesman March 2013)


unforgettabledaleswinters2.pdf: Unforgettable Dales Winters (Dalesman December 2012)


tellingstorieshiddenbehindthewalls.pdf: Telling Stories Hidden Behind the Walls of a Mental Asylum (Yorkshire Post 11 October 2012)


tellingstorieshiddenbehindthewallsfull.pdf: Read the full version of Telling Stories Hidden Behind the Walls of a Mental Asylum


millsandboom-textilesstillwovenintothefabricofyorkshireseconomy2.pdf: Mills and Boom - Textiles Still Woven into the Fabric of Yorkshire's Economy (Yorkshire Post 24 August 2012)


forwhomthebelltolled2.pdf: For Whom the Bell Tolled: The Fate of a Warship and the Sailor Who Survived (Yorkshire Post 17 August 2012)


throughthepastdarklyascandlesshedlightonthe70s2.pdf: Through the Past Darkly as Candles Shed Light on the 70s (Yorkshire Post 17 February 2012)


themysteryofbuckdenbill2.pdf: The Mystery of Buckden Bill (Dalesman January 2012)


anagewhenallourtroubles.pdf: An Age When All Our Troubles Seemed So Far Away (Yorkshire Post 30 December 2011)


anagewhenallourtroublesfull.pdf: Read the full version of An Age When All Our Troubles Seemed So Far Away


lostindustriesofleeds2.pdf: The Lost Industries of Leeds (Dalesman November 2011)


thecitymygrandmotherknewisfastdisappearing2.pdf: The City My Grandmother Knew is Fast Disappearing (Yorkshire Post 19 April 2011)

West Winds Yorkshire Tearooms Leaflet


anancienttongue2.pdf: An Ancient Tongue: A Crash Course in Yorkshire Dialect (for West Winds Yorkshire Tearooms 2010)

West Winds Yorkshire Tearooms Leaflet


speakingindialect2.pdf: Speaking in Dialect: A Crash Course in Yorkshire Dialect (for West Winds Yorkshire Tearooms 2010)