<p>Pub mugs form an interesting aspect of Britain s social history. They were not just drinking vessels, but also measures, and as such the subject of much regulation, because drinkers wanted to be sure of receiving what they had paid for. The pint itself has a chequered history and is an anomaly alongside today s metric system. The question of a fair pint has never been resolved: should it include the head or not? Many people have a sentimental attachment to a favourite mug or glass and have perhaps collected a few. Drawing from a wide range of sources, the author has brought together all these strands to give the first ever overview of 350 years of beer mug history. This book is believed to be the first to treat the subject of pub beer mugs and glasses as a whole.</p>

Pub Beer Mugs and Glasses (Shire Library)

Rock, Hugh

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Shire

<p>Since the medieval period, mechanical clocks located in churches across Britain have told the time to local communities, or displayed the phases of the moon and the heavens on an elaborate astrological face. During the six-hundred-year history of the mechanical church clock the design of these timepieces changed remarkably little, and in most respects the classic Victorian clock, made with a high degree of accuracy using the latest techniques, was very similar to the type of blacksmith-made medieval movement that can still be seen in places like Salisbury Cathedral. The gentle developments and refinements that helped to make clocks more accurate and easier to maintain are detailed in this engaging book, which traces the history of church clocks from the wealthy abbeys and cathedrals of the middle ages through to the electric movements of the present day that are steadily making redundant historic clocks that have served for centuries. Focusing on some of the most noteworthy church clocks in the UK, and drawing on the intriguing stories behind them, Church Clocks is an absorbing survey of the timepieces that were, and still are, much-loved features of many communities.</p>

Church Clocks (Shire Library)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Shire Publications

Many people today have deserted the old forms of religion. But does this make them any the less religious? Hugh Rock’s message is that people are inherently religious. The necessary task today is to articulate anew the reality of religion. In a wide-ranging survey, that draws together the past fifty years of liberal theology and sociological discussion about the interface of religion and popular culture, he concludes that it is in our new respect for the autonomous self-fulfilment of the potential of every person’s life that can be found the message transferred out of the New Testament.

God Needs Salvation: A New Vision of God for the Twenty First Century

History

World

Christian Alternative

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