'... A Most Enterprising Thing ...' an illustrated history of Newton Chambers

An illustrated history to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Newton Chambers at Thorncliffe. 52 pages, A4 format, 50 illustrations in the form of maps, photographs and adverts.
Reduced to £2.00

ISBN 0 9513952 3 8    Compiled and edited by Joan & Mel Jones

There are chapters on :

1. Early Days
2. Mining
3. Pig Iron & Cast Iron
4. Izal
5. Excavators & Tanks
6. Apprenticeship and Training Schemes
7. Social, Cultural and Recreational Facilities

Growing up in Grenoside

Growing up in Grenoside in the early years of the 20th century as remembered by Hannah Brodie. 28 pages, A4 format.  Edited by Mel Jones

Reduced to only £1.00

ISBN 0 9513952

This is the story of the England Family of Grenoside in the early years of the 20th Century. It was written when the author was in her nineties and living in the Lake District. It has been illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned evocative line drawings by artist, Eric Leslie.

A Geography of Childhood

An evocation of life in Howbrook and High Green in the 1920s and 1930s by Jean Huddlestone. 75 pages, A4 format, 17 photographs and 17 delightful line drawings by Eric Leslie plus 1 map. Edited by Mel Jones

Reduced to £3.00

ISBN 0 9513952 7 0

This is a must for anyone who has enjoyed Flora Thompson, Laurie Lee or Winifred Foley. Jean Huddlestone (nee Kirk) writes beautifully and has an amazing recall for detail. She describes her friends and neighbours, wash-days, baking, errands, visits to the sweet shop and going to school in High Green. 

Sit Up Straight

An illustrated history of High Green Primary School and the surrounding community through 150 years by Beryl Greaves. 88 pages, A4 format, over 50 photographs. 

Reduced to £3.00

ISBN 0 9513952 8 9

This tells the story of a changing village (High Green) and school. In compiling this book, Beryl has used school log books, HMI reports, recollections from pupils, parents and teachers as well as maps, illustrations and photgraphs. 

Chapeltown and High Green

Compiled by Joan and Mel Jones. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd. 2005. 128 pages and over 200 photographs with detailed captions. Reprint of Tempus Publication in new ‘pocket size’ format.  

£5.99

1-84588-137-0

Themes in this publication include:

1. Setting the Scene
2. Landmarks
3. Portraits
4. Newton Chambers
5. Schooldays
6. Churches and Chapels
7. Leisure Time

Ecclesfield, Grenoside, High Green and Chapeltown

Compiled by Joan and Mel Jones. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd. 2005. 128 pages and over 200 photographs with detailed captions. Reprint of Tempus Publication in new ‘pocket size’ format.

£5.99

ISBN 1-84588-123-0

Themes in this publication include: 

1. Perambulation around Ecclesfield Parish
2. People
3. Earning a living
4. Teachers and Pupils
5. Parades, Carnivals and Gatherings

In and Around Thorpe Hesley and Wentworth

By Joan and Mel Jones. Tempus Publishing Ltd. 2001. 128 pages and over 200 photographs with detailed captions.

£10.99

ISBN 0 7524 2233 5

Themes in this publication include :

1. A perambulation around Thorpe Hesley, Scholes, Wentworth and Harley
2. Wentworth Woodhouse - the mansion, gardens, park and monuments
3. Earning a living
4. Portraits
5. School, church and chapel
6. Celebration and recreation

A map of Grenoside (1901)

By Alan Godfrey. Maps with essay, directory entries and a map of 1920.

£1.95

Past Times from around Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Thorpe Hesley & Wentworth

By Joan and Mel Jones.Green Tree Publications / PB Graphics 2002. 40 pages covering 12 themes from the area. Over 60 excellent photographs.

Only £4.99

ISBN 0 952173336

The Remarkable Gatty Family of Ecclesfield

By Joan and Mel Jones. Green Tree Publications, 2003. 96 pages of fascinating detail with 100 illustrations including family photographs and drawings and water colours, many never previously published. Full colour covers.

£8.95

ISBN 0 9521733 5 5

Alfred and Margaret Gatty arrived in Ecclesfield where Alfred had been appointed Vicar in 1839. He stayed until his death in 1903. Margaret became a children's author of the first rank and impressive marine biologist. Alfred was also an author of some renown. They raised a very talented family of four boys and four girls. Two of the sons were knighted and one of the daughters, Juliana, became even more famous than her mother as a children's author. The whole family were involved in writing stories, poems, songs, carols; engaging in amateur theatricals, gardening, botanising, sketching, learning their lessons, visiting the old and infirm, going to parties and dances, suffering from toothache and even suspected smallpox.... meet this Victorian vicar's family...they rival the Brontes !

Picturing the Past:

Compiled by Joan and Mel Jones. Green Tree Publications. 2004. 40 pages covering 8 themes from the area. Over 50 illustrations and photographs, many never previously published. Rich miscellany of personal reminiscences, verse, funny stories, diary extracts and short historical accounts.

£4.99

ISBN 0-9521733-6-0

OUR LATEST PUBLICATION !

The Story of a Nomadic Wife:

By Mel amd Joan Jones. Green Tree Publications. 2007. 84 pages of fascinating detail accompanied by more than 50 illustrations. This is the story of the life and times of Juliana Ewing, the Ecclesfield-born children's writer, during her travels around Britain 1879-1883. this was when she was separated from her soldier-husband who had been posted abroad and she was too unwell to accompany him. Being an army wife who lived in barracks or a rented house near an army base all her married life, she had no home to go to. So she stayed with friends and relatives all round the country, including Ecclesfield and grenoside, all the time suffering from bouts of debilitating ill-health but still writing furiously and dealing with publishers and illustrators. During this period she wrote a number of her best-loved stories including Jackanapes and Daddy Darwin's Dovecote. The book is largely based on her diaries and hundreds of letters that she wrote to her husband during their sepaparation. This is a fantastic story; get your copy of this limited edition publication while stocks last.

£4.99

ISBN 978-0-9521733-8-0