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Shropshire Lad, A: Complete in Verse and Song (2001)

Subject

English language and literature; Music

Distribution

Audio (CD, 124 minutes), £13.99

At least fifty composers have set poems from Housman’s nostalgic and prophetic ‘A Shropshire Lad’, published in 1896 and never out of print since that date. It has been said that, worldwide, there are...

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Shropshire in the Sixteenth Century (1989 Video)

Producer

Nick Levinson

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Filmed in Shrewsbury and the surrounding countryside, examines surviving buildings as evidence of social, political and economic change in the 15th and 16th centuries. The most important cash commodity of...

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Time Team: The New Town of a Norman Prince (1994 Video)

aka: New Town of a Norman Prince, The

Director

Graham Dixon

Producer

Tim Taylor

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A oak beam and some stone arches link a house in Much Wenlock in Shropshire to the development of the new town 800 years earlier. The discovery of evidence of a 13th-century aisled hall, identification of...

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Gardeners’ Views (2006)

Subject

Agriculture; Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 x 50 minutes), £14.99 each or £39.99 the set

A set of 4 DVDs in which the owners of some of the finest gardens in the UK give an insight into the creation of their gardens. They range from the grandest of castles to the tiniest of courtyards. DVD1 -...

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Six English Towns

aka: Alec Clifton-Taylor Presents: Six English Towns

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £12.99

Alec Clifton-Taylor presents this documentary series looking at the history of six English towns: Chichester in West Sussex, Richmond in Yorkshire, Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, Stamford in Lincolnshire,...

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Investigating a Site (1990 Video)

Director

Patrick Redsell

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

Archaeologists and historians often work like detectives, looking for clues to the past. Introduces the ARCHAEOLOGICAL DETECTIVES series and explains the ground rules for an active learning method. Three...

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Rural Life 2: Victorian Farming (1987 Video)

Producer

Nick Levinson

Subject

Agriculture; Sociology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Mechanical innovations in Victorian agriculture spread unevenly and slowly in a time when manual labour was still plentiful and cheap. Follows the grain harvest, examining the changes and their effects on...

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Coalbrookdale: The Origins of the Industrial Revolution (1985 Video)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows the part played by Coalbrookdale in the Industrial Revolution, seeking to answer fundamental questions concerning the origins of industrialisation. Filmed in Shropshire at the Coalbrookdale furnace...

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Britain in Colour in the 1930s (2011)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £14.99

This release features a collection of short films and newreels from the Pathé Pictorial archive which were colourised using hand stencilling techniques. The featured films are as follows: A SHROPSHIRE GEM,...

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Troubleshooter (7 Parts) (1993 Video)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 40, 1 x ? min., 1997 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 2000 sale: £395.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Corporate case studies in which Sir John Harvey-Jones visits six British companies each facing major decisions that will affect their future growth and success. 1:Toy manufacturer Triang aims to recapture...

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