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500 MILE WALKIES

\pause{1500}Author: Wallington, Mark
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2472 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Culver, Frank
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Author's travels with his dog

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ALL POINTS NORTH

\pause{1500}Author: Armitage, Simon
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5310 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Ratcliffe, Richard
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The village of Marsden lies in the Pennines on the Lancashire/ Yorkshire border. In a series of funny, perceptive articles, Simon Armitage describes the place and its people.

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AN AUDIENCE WITH AN ELEPHANT AND OTHER ENCOUNTERS ON THE ECCENTRIC SIDE

\pause{1500}Author: Rogers, Byron
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6509 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.75
\pause{1500}Reader: StJohn, Michael
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Byron Rogers is a journalist who has travelled Britain searching for the eccentric happenings in the country. This collection brings together his quirkiest articles, from the octogenarian triathlete to the 'Ghost train' of Stalybridge.

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ARAN ISLANDS, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Synge, J M
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7802 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Connell, Paul
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In this book the author describes his stay on the Aran Islands in 1898 - 1901. During this time he gathered anecdotes and , folklore and traditions which he used in later writings.

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ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING

\pause{1500}Author: Connelly, Charlie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7148 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
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\pause{1500}Reader: Rollett, Bob
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We have all heard the shipping forecast with it's many familiar names; Dogger, Fisher, Lundy, German Bight - to name but a few. For most of us, although the broadcast is familiar it is also baffling. Here the author unearths the history of the shipping forecast and ensures that it is no longer a mystery.

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BOOKLETS ON ST ALBANS

\pause{1500}Author: Sanctuary, Gerald
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1966 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 3
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\pause{1500}Reader: Sanctuary, Gerald
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Three booklets:- Fishpool, Tudor Street and The War of Roses

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CATHEDRALS THROUGH TOUCH AND HEARING

\pause{1500}Author: University of Birmingham, School of Education
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5686 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 13.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Miscellaneous
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A set of taped guides to some of England's well loved cathedrals including Chichester, Coventry, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield, Winchester, Worcester and York.

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COASTING

\pause{1500}Author: Raban, Jonathan
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2495 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
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\pause{1500}Reader: Simpson, Richard
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Sailing round the coast of Britain

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EAST ANGLIA

\pause{1500}Author: Innes, Hammond
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2194 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
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\pause{1500}Reader: Hutton, Kenneth
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Author's view of East Anglia - both historical and descriptive

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ELSIE TURNHAM - LACE COLLECTOR

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\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1649 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 1
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\pause{1500}Reader: Clifton, Margaret
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Early 20th century memoirs of a Buckinghamshire Lacemaker.

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