In Parallel is a wonderful read, Janet Barker had a childhood shaped by a large family of fascinating characters and by a war that treated Hull so badly. This book is beautifully written, with a light touch and vivid recall family, friends and aquaintances are illuminated in all thier quirky individuality and events laid out with great clarity. In reading this book it felt an easy step to be in that past parallel world when bombs fell on Hull and children collected shrapnel to show and swop at school. When women took real pride in the cleanliness of their front door step, but when soot from chimnies made grimy clothes hung out on the washing line. When families were big and forever in and out of each other's homes and humour was found in everthing and everyone. --D. Wall, via Amazon.

In Parallel: A Yorkshire Childhood

Biographies & Memoirs

Barker, Janet

Memoirs

Northern Heritage Publications

Willie Riley's Windyridge was published to popular acclaim in 1912. A charming tale of Yorkshire village life, it is the story of Grace Holden, a young woman from London who feels the 'pull of the heather' and moves to the isolated Yorkshire village of Windyridge. Featuring a cast of Yorkshire characters as well as locations based on real Yorkshire moors and villages, Windyridge became one of the bestselling first novels of its time. Hailed as the new Cranford by critics, the book surpassed all expectations by selling 500,000 copies in its lifetime, and remained in print until 1961. Riley became a household name and was known as the 'father of Yorkshire novels'. The thirty-nine books he published in his lifetime sold over one million copies in total. This Yorkshire masterpiece has now been rediscovered and brought back into print for the first time in almost fifty years. Riley's text has been reproduced in its entirety, including the photographs of the Yorkshire landscape that appeared in the original book; indeed, part of the book's charm is in guessing which real locations the fictional villages are based upon! A new introduction by Riley scholar David M. Copeland gives an insight into the importance of this once forgotten book and the life and works of its author. Indeed, Windyridge is a classic Yorkshire novel and one to be treasured by generations of readers to come

Windyridge: A Classic Yorkshire Novel

Literature & Fiction

Riley, Willie

Literary

The story of Leeds and its architecture in the 120 years before the First World War was one of remarkable development: industrial growth on an heroic scale. As an adjunct to commercial, manufacturing and population change came a stunning array of new buildings, sufficiently grand to reflect the city's achievements as well as its aspirations.\nIn this book, a total of 36 architects who practised in Leeds are chronicled. Some, for instance Cuthbert Broderick, R.D.Chantrell and George Corson, are reasonably well known, but others such as C.W.Burleigh, William Hill and W.H.Thorp emerge from the shadows as exceptional designers. However, the book is more than a compendium of the lives of a series of gifted individuals. Taking a single provincial centre as its focus, it is a ground-breaking examination of the birth, growth and maturity of the architectural profession in this seminal period of its development; a fascinating story of the way architects responded to the challenges and opportunities that a great industrial town provided. It is also a celebration of the outstanding buildings that have given Leeds its unique character.

Building a Great Victorian City: Leeds Architects and Architecture 1790-1914

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Leeds: A Historical Dictionary of People, Places and Events

History

Thornton, David

Historical Study & Educational Resources

It is 1899. The Reverend George Hobb has been attacked by a gang and is now recovering, bloodied and bruised, in a dark prison cell. A York-based barrister, James Cairn, is called to defend Hobb in what appears to be an open-and-shut case, except for one thing: the Reverend has swapped his dog collar for a woman's dress. The authorities are determined to make an example of Hobb - but why? Can Cairn prove his innocence? After receiving a blackmail threat, Cairn hires Mortimer Blakely, a private investigator. When Blakely mysteriously goes missing, Cairn realises that his own life is in danger.

Mortimer Blakely is Missing

Taylor DVM DACDIM, Amanda

It is 1897. 18-year-old Daniel Robertshaw has always been an outsider. Naive and childlike, he is shunned by his neighbours in the Yorkshire fishing port of Staithes. When Daniel discovers the dead body of a young girl washed up on the rocks, he is immediately assumed guilty of killing her. As the city of York prepares for a murder trial, more questions arise. Who is the young girl? Her body has not been claimed. Will Daniel be able to prove his innocence? Fossil-collecting barrister, James Cairn, knows Daniel and is willing to represent him in court. He faces a struggle to prove Daniel's innocence, but first he must find the real killer.

Dangerous Waves

Yorkshire During the Napoleonic Wars

Unknown, Author

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