Kenneth Liddell Book order

The fascinating history of the rise and fall and modern comeback of fortified and port-style wines found in the United States

A thoroughly revised new edition of this classic history of Madeira - arguably the world's longest-lived wine - by the leading authority on the subject.

The famous river Clyde passes through some of the most picturesque and historic countryside in Scotland touching many communities along the way as it winds to the sea. A nostalgic glimpse of what were, in many ways, gentler times.

The Yarrow and Ettrick valleys are almost as remote now as they were in the mid 1800s, although by the end of the nineteenth century telegraph communication had been introduced and road links had improved to exploit the area's agricultural wealth. This history of the various communities scattered throughout the valleys features many images from a time when coach and charabanc tours were the main source of traffic. These include the Duchess Garden at Bowhill, the Old Bridge at Deuchar, Yarrow Hall, Yarrow Feus Post Office, and the still well-patronised Gordon Arms and Tibbie Sheils' Inn

This collection of fifty-two photographs from the early 1900s gives an insight into the lives local people led at that time in this scattering of Co. Armagh villages. The book includes a history of these communities and the pictures feature scenes such as crowds gathering in Tandragee for a performance by Bosco's Circus a steam-driven threshing machine at work in the fields near Tandragee life on the canal at Poyntzpass schooldays at Mullabrack Primary in Markethill the mills at Glenanne and Laurelvale and the long-gone general stores at Richhill and Clare. Also included are the railway stations at Tandragee and Markethill a beautiful selection of views of Laurelvale and possibly the only-known period photograph of Hamiltonsbawn.