A Different World
Ashwell before 1939
by Albert Sheldrick
Courtney Publications
Undated [1992?]
Hardback, 160 pages, many illustrations, no index
ISBN 0 904378 37 3
| Page | Page | ||
| IV | Acknowledgements | 49 | Shops and plenty of them |
| v | Preface by Robert Christy | 52 | Window to Watch |
| VI | Introduction by the Author | 62 | More Ashwell Entrepreneurs |
| 1 | The Origins of Ashwell's Name | 72 | Enterprising Interlopers |
| 3 | The Pestilence | 73 | Larks, Gourmets and declining |
| 3 | The Guild of St John the Baptist | customs | |
| 5 | Nonconformists | 75 | Men of the Roads |
| 8 | Doves and Gunpowder | 81 | Of Church, Chapel and Sunday |
| 9 | Railroad Navvies and the Great Fire | Newspapers | |
| of 1850 | 88 | Ye Olde Tin Can ... | |
| 11 | The Coproliters | 90 | The Lord Kitchener |
| 13 | Foreign Fields | 91 | Schools and School Teachers |
| 14 | Ashwell Show at Elbrook | 103 | A Kaleidoscope of Characters |
| 17 | Ashwell Ghosts | 116 | Farms and Fields |
| 18 | Poor Boy Made Good | 129 | Fruits of the Land |
| 21 | Boer War Heroes | 132 | Ashwell Pubs and their Landlords |
| 23 | War: its Memories and Memorial | 138 | Sickness, Self Help and Societies |
| 25 | The Brewery Outing | 140 | King Dick, Builder |
| 26 | Philosopher's Gate | 144 | Ashwell Museum: Origins and |
| 28 | A School 'For Ever' | Achievements | |
| 35 | Many-talented Head | 147 | Postscript |
| 36 | Ashwell Water for Ashwell People | 151 | List of Subscribers |
| 38 | Ashwell Poets | 1924 Ordnance Survey Map of Ashwell | |
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M. V. Crump's the butchers shop in 1930. Left to right: George Arthur, Mark Crump, Gordon White. |
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