Aimed at primary school aged children, the book tells the fascinating and complex history of bradford on avon from the stone age to the present day. This years festive concert is a venetian christmas featuring music by vivaldi, gabrieli and scheidt, accompanied by original brass instruments and a chamber organ. Bizwiki lists detailed information for exlibris including their contact details and a map to. Ex libris books publishing services and book production. Bookshop in bradford on avon results 1 7 of 7 switch to map. I suppose that i am at an advantage as i spent the first twenty years of my life in bradford on avon and remember this great bookshop before it was actually a. Ex libris in bradford on avon has been open since 1979.
The school opened as the county school in 1897 with financial support from edmond fitzmaurice, 1st baron fitzmaurice. The open university bachelors degree social sciences second. Copies are available from the museum, from the library, ex libris bookshop and from the tourist. Friends, family and locals flocked to buy the new book which sold in record numbers, and gill and mike had their work cut out keeping pace with signing copies. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ex libris press books online. Yes, i shed a few tears leaving my kids for the longest time since their arrival, but by the. Town trail you can buy a town trail for just 20p from various places in bradford on avon. Hotels near exlibris book shop, bradford on avon on tripadvisor.
Exlibris book shop bradfordonavon 2020 all you need. Contact details for ex libris in bradford on avon ba15 1js from business directory, the best resource for finding bookshop listings in the uk. The whooosh book launch was held at bradford on avon. Budburys 2,500year history detailed in new booklet. Ex libris books, bradford on avon, 11 regents place, ex libris press and seaflower books are specialist publishers of books about the west country, wiltshire, somerset and the channel islands. Get bookshop offers and events in your area straight into your inbox from. Ex libris is a delightful independent bookshop in bradford on avon. Performed by the university of bath chamber choir conducted by dr michael painting with organist robin jackson.
It is not always realised that they cover the slopes of an iron age hill fort, occupied again in roman times when the villa on the plateau above in. Theres no place like bradford on avon for jim wolland, part owner of exlibris books. Bradford on avon womens 100 creative writing competition. A carboniferous reptile footprint from the somerset coalfield by milner, a and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Buy and spend national book tokens gift cards in thousands of bookshops and online. Posts about ex libris written by maudie smith and fleur hitchcock. Visit exlibris book shop on your trip to bradfordonavon inspirock. An exciting innovation for bradford on avon walkers are.
Book shops in bradford on avon buy books booksellers. Also in this issue, take a closer look at bradford on avon and the. Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. Several businesses in the bradford on avon area support us. We visited her local bookshop, ex libris in bradfordonavon where they had ordered in a few. Ex libris is a delightful independent bookshop in bradfordonavon. The backdrop to bradford on avon is the steep hillside above the river with terraces of houses, many centuries old. These titles from the west barn, at preservation trust meetings, ex libris bookshop, the library and the granary. One is an article of about 80 pages, due to appear in the prestigious wiltshire archaeological magazine out this month. The publishers are grateful to the colonel william llewellen palmer educational charity for a grant towards the book s production. If youre in the lovely bradford on avon area of west wiltshire, just 10 miles from bath and would like to walk the wheel but would prefer a paper map, a 1. Avoncliff has a tiny railway station, boasting just a onecarriagelength platform in each direction, which used to be called avoncliff halt since it was a request stop, requiring people on the platform to wave down the trains. Ex libris books and seaflower books i write books under my name roger jones and others on the channel islands under my pen name john le dain.
The list grows steadily and new titles appear frequently. Staff said the launch of whooosh, bradford on avon museums newest book title, had been fantastically successful. Exlibris is a bookshop located at 1 the shambles in bradford on avon. Ex libris buy and spend national book tokens gift cards in. Written by former teacher gill winfield and illustrated throughout by wellknown illustrator mike dickinson, the book is a captivating read. Ex libris press and seaflower books are specialist publishers of books about the west country, wiltshire, somerset and the channel islands. Fitzmaurice grammar school was a grammar school in bradford on avon, wiltshire uk.
What is now ex libris bookshop and the dorothy house shop was built by the bradford on avon cooperative society as the butcher and drapery departments. Bradford on avon book shops, including buy books and booksellers. The footpath leaflet shows the rural footpaths around bradford on avon plus the descriptions and maps of four walks of varying lengths. Bradford on avon past and present by harold fassnidge. Ex libris bradford on avon mini book festival for kids. Presented as part of the bristol palestinian film festival, in partnership with bradford on avon friends of palestine. On the quaint streets of this town, alongside independent cafes and other unique shops, this. This book focuses on the small town of bradford on avon, famous since the middle ages for the manufacture of wool and cloth, and since the mid19th century for rubber products. You can read more about bradford s rubber industry here and in dan farrells book riding on rubber the story of bradford on avon s worldrenowned rubber industry, available from ex libris bookshop in bradford or on amazon. Hazel jones coordinator bradford on avon oxfam group. Roger jones sole proprietor ex libris pressseaflower. Exlibris book shop bradfordonavon 2020 all you need to. Hazel jones coordinator at bradford on avon oxfam group united kingdom 23 connections.
Exlibris is located at 1 the shambles, bradfordonavon, wiltshire. Most books ordered before midday can be obtained the following day. Typical wolsey lodge hotel in lovely bradfordonavon. Wiltshire genealogy books, etc moonrakers wiltshire. Ex libris books publishes a range of titles under the imprints ex libris press and seaflower books. Timed to coincide with the start of the summer reading challenge. It replaced william summers bakery and confectionery shop old photographs of the shambles. The bradford on avon active travel map shows all the footpaths and cycleable routes around the town, so you dont need to use your car. Its full of historic snippets and based on the trusts plaques. The grammar school was closed in 1980 and merged with trinity secondary modern school to form. Best hotels near exlibris book shop, bradfordonavon. Exlibris is located at 1 the shambles, bradford on avon, wiltshire.
Noted for its saxon church and medieval tithe barn, its ranks of stone houses clinging to the hillside overlooking the river, bradford on avon is undoubtedly a. Bradford on avon mini book festival for kids a free festival for children and their parents based in the library in bradford on avon. Bradford on avon printers and town directories is the work of roger jones, who as the publisher ex libris press has himself had plenty of experience of the printing industry. They are free and available from the tourist information centre, town library and ex libris bookshop in the shambles. Bradford on avon past and present fassnidge, harold on. Our book barn has 6000 second hand books for sale and we can conduct books searches for out of print titles. Book description ex libris, bradford on avon, wilts, 1997. He gives a history of some of bradford s printers, illustrated by examples of their work, drawn from some of the town directories they produced. It was renamed fitzmaurice grammar school in 1936 after the death of lord fitzmaurice. On the quaint streets of this town, alongside independent cafes and other unique shops. The second is the book jointly written by pam and roy. View all attractions near exlibris book shop on tripadvisor.
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