Attleborough Accessories GOOD READS, HUMOUR & OTHER COUNTRY & HOME TITLES


NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS Ref: B005	The Complete Guide to Raising Turkeys. By Janice Houghton-Wallace. Aimed at the small-scale producer this comprehensive book, written by a leading expert in the field, covers all aspects of raising turkeys for pleasure or profit. It covers history, breeds, housing, equipment, breeding, feeding & development, diseases & ailments, legislation, sales & marketing, processing & despatching for the table, pets & exhibition birds. 256 x 194 mm, 160 pp, Hardback. Over 150 colour & b & w pictures. Price: £17.00



WORDS FROM THE COUNTRYMAN BEST OF THE "COUNTRYMAN" MAGAZINE 1927-2007 Ref: B097	By Valerie Porter. A compilation of fascinating, unusual & entertaining material from 80 years of "The Countryman" magazine. Always reflecting what is happening in the countryside - good, bad, nostalgic & the current. Contributions include J.B. Priestley, Spike Milligan, Robin Page & many others. This is a wonderful source of social history, containing everything from hard fact to quirkiness & wry humour. 215 x 153mm, 224 pages, Hardback. 90 b&w illus & engravings. Price: £12.99



THE ILLUSTRATED WISE WORDS & COUNTRY WAYS Ref: B098	By Ruth Binney. Fully illustrated edition of this fascinating storehouse of accumulated wisdom; health tips, kitchen tricks , gardening know-howeven predicting the weather. A fascinating variety of traditional sayings, superstitions & axioms & explains whether, & why, they still work today. Before dismissing a well-known proverb as an old wives' tale, consult "Wise Words & Country Ways" & discover that it's never too late to learn from experience. Charming illustrations throughout, the perfect gift for anyone interested in country life. 205 x 155mm, 256 pages, Paperback. 192 b&w illus & engravings. Price: £7.99



WISE WORDS & COUNTRY WAYS Ref: B180	By Ruth Binney. Unique & fascinating storehouse of accumulated wisdon from health tips & kitchen tricks to gardening know-how & even predicting the weather. A variety of traditional sayings, superstitions & axioms & explains whether & why they still work today. Before you dismiss a well-known proverb as an old wives tale, consult Wise Words & Country Ways & discover it's never too late to learn from experience. 172 x 130mm, 256 pages, Hardback. Price: £9.99



THE COUNTRYMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK Ref: B191	Written & Illustrated by 'BB' Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (better known as BB) wrote these wonderful essays on the English countryside in the 1930's. Finally published in 194 when, as BB puts it, England was 'in the darkest hour of our history'. He captures in words & sensitive wood engravings the wonders of English wildlife & countryside. Topics include, ravens & rookeries, stone surlew, purple emperor butterfly a, a woodcutter's house, an encounter with a wildfowler one frosty dawn, a night fishing on the Solway, strange behaviour of song thrushes, rescue of a black labrador, a favourite copse, the accidental death of a groom, village characters, hedgerows & many more topics. 234 x 146mm, 304 pages, Hardback. 48 wood engravings. Price: £18.95



YESTERDAY'S FARM Ref: B214	A Taste of Rural Life from the Past. By Valerie Porter. If you are interested in what happened in past times in the countryside you will love it. I couldn't put it down. This offers a retrospective look at farming life within living memory & beyond, celebrating a quintessential rural existence. Warm & nostalgic but also honest about the hardships of live & great changes the countryside has seen in the last 100 or so years. Peppered with personal stories & recollections to give a real sense of the joys & tribulations of farming life. Illustrated with a treasury of old photographs, some from unpublished collections, allowing a special glimpse into the worlds of real people for whom farming was a way of life. Contents: Introduction, Setting the Scene, Farmers All, The Farmstead, Working the Land, The Harvest, Farmworkers, Horses & Horsemen, Working with Cattle, Sheep & Shepherds, Pigs, Poultry & Goats, Markets, Tailpiece, Acknowledgements & Picture Credits, Bibliography, Index. 246 x 190mm, 256 pages, Paperback. Black & white photographs throughout. Price: £12.99



FIELD GUIDE TO TREES & SHRUBS OF BRITAIN & EUROPE Ref: B234	By Michael Eppinger. Pocket-sized guide providing quick, accurate & easy identification of over 170 deciduous & evergreen European tree & shrub species. Simplify identification by identifying colours, symbols & classifying the species according to leaf shape & arrangement. Colour photos show each species characteristically featured in its natural habitat. Graphics highlight the typical identifying features of each species, & a calendar wheel, to identify the flowering & fruiting seasons. 176 x 104mm, 192 pages, Paperback. 320 colour photos, 320 colour graphics. Price: £5.99



A GOOD LIFE Ref: B302	By Paul Peacock. In the 1970's self sufficiency guru John Seymour, wrote The Complete Book Of Self Sufficiency a book that inspired a whole generation & even is credited with influencing the writer of the TV series " The Good Life ". John Seymour's life was a fascinating one & is charted for the first time in this book that goes beyond the myth to discover who he was & the legacy that he left behind. 135 x 210mm, 256 pages, Paperback. Price: £7.00



JACK HARGREAVES Ref: B307	(A PORTRAIT) By Paul Peacock. In 1960 a new kind of television programme was launched. Out of Town was regarded as ground breaking both for its informal method of presenting &technically in terms of its outdoor broadcasting. It was regarded as such a national treasure that The National Film Achive preserved two episodes so that "When they finally cover Britian with concrete, they will have something to remind them of what it was all about." Presented by the charismatic, knowledgeable & softly spoken Jack Hargreaves, Out of Town, proved a winning formula & ran for a further twenty two years. Jack, with his shed, hat, pipe & whiskers, became a household name for both this & other television programmes he fronted. The last broadcast of Out of Town was in 1982 when Jack said a final farewell as he saluted his viewers with a glass of dark ale & a heartfelt 'Cheerio!' But Jack was far more than Out of Town & Out of Town was far more than Jack & this is the story of both. 160 x 240mm, 256 pages, Hardback with Dust jacket Plus 16 pages of photographs. Price: £20.00



WINDMILLS Ref: B328	By Martin Watts. Windmills in existence for over eight hundred years, a fraction that once ground corn, pumped water & provided power for industry now survive. Now still a distinctive & dramatic part of the British landscape. Features & variations in design have come from different origins, use of local materials, & the millwrights & millers who built & worked them. Understanding variations is vital for protection & maintenance & their survival gives a fascinating insight into this historic use of renewable energy. 210 x 149mm, 64 pages, Paperback. 83 colour & 10 b & w illustrations. WAS £5.99 Price: £4.99



FAMILY HISTORY 101 Ref: B362	A Beginners Guide to Finding Your Ancestors. By Marcia D Yannizze Melnyk. Family History 101 readers ease into family history with straight forward tips on tapping the power of the internet, checklists, forms, case studies & illustrations to make getting started fun & easy; Guidance to maximize existing information & become a better family historian. Beginners as well as teachers will appreciate the author's reliable instruction & proven approach to the basics. 279 x 216mm, 144 pages, Paperback. PRP £10.99 Price: £4.50



THE WORLD OF BUTTERFLIES Ref: B372	By Rod & Ken Preston Mafham. A valuable review of biology, behavior & lifestyles of butterflies. An authoritative volume is enhanced by the unique personal observations of coauthor Ken Preston-Mafham, based on field study in many countries, gathering information & photographs. There is special emphasis on the often spectacularly patterned species of Africa & South America, while species from the rest of the world are also adequately covered. Re-issue: First published in 1998. 238mm x 154mm, 192 pages, Hardback. 63 colour photos & 49 Black & White & line illus. WAS £21.50 Price: £8.99



CURIOUS COUNTRY CUSTOMS Ref: B382	By Jeremy Hobson. Organised by month, nearly 100 customs from all over the UK are described, their history & purpose explained. Those who want to take it a little further, date & location of each event is given. A section lists the contents by region to allow readers to find out if they can experience for themselves either by watching or participating. A very interesting read. 224 pages, Hardback. With line illustrations. Price: £9.99



THE GARDENERS WISE WORDS & COUNTRY WAYS Ref: B392	By Ruth Binney. Unique & fascinating accumulated wisdom, old wives' tales & gardening proverbs. Generations of advice, both sound & questionable, considering seasons & wildlife, growing better fruit, vegetables, herbs & trees. A tribute to traditional gardening ways. Includes, joys of the garden, fabulous flowers, better fruit & vegetables, trees & shrubs, fighting pests, weeds & diseases, & whatever the weather. An ideal gift for every gardener. 212 x 160mm, 208 pages, Hardback. 160 b & w llustrations. Price: £9.99



THAT STRANGE ALCHEMY Ref: B407	Pheasants Trout & a Middle Aged Man. By Laurence Catlow. I need to start thinking like a shooter, for shooters & fishers, even though they are often the same person, think very differently writes the author as fishing season on the northern rivers come to an end & he prepares for his shooting season on his own small shoot on the edge of the Pennines. Many sportsmen enjoy both shooting & fishing. In this book, he examines fishing & shooting memories & why they differ, why both sports are important to him. The loss of his dog & the undertaking of a new one. How best fishing days differ from best shooting days. The anxieties of running a guest shooting day. Fishing in middle age compared to in youth. Written with great wit, modesty & insight. 234 x 156mm Hardback, 304 pages. 62 black & white Photographs. Price: £14.99



BRITAIN'S WILDLIFE PLANTS & FLOWERS Ref: B411	Beautifully illustrated, clearly labelled artwork guide to identifying any species. Each drawing has description of the species, size, part of country commonly found & time of year likely to see it. Sections arranged for quick & easy identification. Animals, plants & flowers by to colour, shape, leaves or petals, zoological families, etc. Includes, wild flowers, trees, shrubs, non-flowering plants, birds, butterflies, moths & other small creatures, mammals, amphibians, reptiles & water life. Invaluable guide for all the family. 250 x 215mm, 49 pages, Stiff Paperback. Colour Illustrations throughout. WAS £15.99 Price: £13.99



WILLIE IRVING Ref: B419	Terrierman, Huntsman & Lakelander. By Sean Frain. Willie Irving born into a traditional Cumbrian way of life. After serving as hipperin, then in 1926 became huntsman of the Melbreak Foxhounds. One of the Lake District's most popular, successful & charismatic huntsmen. Founder of the pedigre Lakeland & top breeder for half a century. He bred some of the best-looking & working terriers in the north. Champion fell runner, footballer, fell-racing coach, Hound Trailing Association secretary. Full of hunting anecdotes, feats of his hounds & terriers, a delightful journey through the life & times of a truly amazing country character. 234 x 156mm, 224 pages, Hardback. 86 b/w pictures. Price: £17.99



REALLY RURAL Ref: B450	Publication date: 30th October 2009 Peculiar Country Ways & How to Embrace Them. By Janey Wilks. Affectionate & hilarious look at country life & traditional wisdom. Dipp into this book of snippets, tips & short extracts drawn from amazing archive material, much has been unpublished for decades. Evoke rural characters & situations woven together with charm, humour & keenly observed material from experience of living a rural life. 160 x 215mm, 256 pages, Hardback. Illustrated throughout with line drawings & llustrations. Price: £9.99



WISE WORDS & COUNTRY WAYS FOR HOUSE & HOME Ref: B451	Publication date: 30th October 2009 By Ruth Binney. Generations of advice on ways to run an environmentally-friendly home, based on well known & not so well known, sayings. Reduce the carbon footprint, conserve resources, eat & live more healthily. Traditional wisdom on how our forbears lived well within the resources available. Advice on using everyday items as alternatives to expensive chemical products. Tips on eco-friendly gardening & cooking, discover how to recapture that bygone age when life was simpler, less wasteful, less expensive, less toxic & more fulfilling. Shows us a better, green way to live in the modern world. 160 x 215mm, 208 pages, Hardback. Illustrated throughout with line drawings & llustrations. Price: £9.99