Two New Books from Bradford on Avon Museum
While the Museum has been closed the Publications Group has, socially distanced of course, been busy and we have two new books to offer you.
First is Rubber Town by Dan Farrell of the Moulton Bicycles Company. Following on from the success of Dan’s Riding on Rubber book, which appeared in the wake of bringing the Iron Duke calender machine back to Bradford on Avon, he has produced a new edition with more information about the founding and development of the town’s pioneering rubber industry.
134 pages with many illustrations. Price £10
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The fourth of our series of Monographs -in-depth treatments of selected subjects of local interest- is this book by Ivor Slocombe, one of the Museum’s Trustees. Bradford-on-Avon Probate Inventories offers a unique insight into the way people used different rooms within their homes, by giving details of the contents of every room in the house and outbuildings. These intimate records come from examination of 89 local inventories of the property and possessions of a deceased person that were required for probate.
136 pages in A5 format. Price £6
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