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Welcome to Poppyland Publishing - East Anglian SpecialistsPoppyland Publishing is delighted to have been awarded "Best Factual Publication of the Year" at the Creative East Awards at the Theatre Royal in Norwich on Thursday 20th March 2008. The award was made for "The Commercial Life of a Suffolk Town"; our congratulations to author John Bridges and all the team who helped us put it together.Whether you're living in Norfolk or Suffolk, Cambridgeshire or Essex, planning a visit, interested in local history, tracking down your family history or love the natural history of East Anglia, we hope we'll have some titles - books and DVDs - to interest you.Based in the region, we have over sixty titles which tell the story of the towns and villages of East Anglia. You can use your credit or debit card to make direct purchases from the site. Try the buttons on the left for the different categories of titles we publish. You'll also find links to other resources on the region - some of them selected from the wide range of 'Support and Resource' pages associated with out titles. These are all free - and there's lots more planned to expand the resources on the site. On the right you'll find short presentations about some of our products. If you click on the button, and don't see a video, check the settings on your browser! To buy, click on the appropriate button in the left column.
Horace Stanley recorded his strong views about what was going on around him, his encounters with fear, regulations, friendship and the horror of the second battle of Ypres. He went to war with a sharp mind, a notebook and a camera, the result of which we can now read and see for the first time. Click on Grandad's War for more information and a chance to order this title. Travel through the highways and byways of the region, the beaches and the waterways, and enjoy the wildlife in the company of a master filmmaker. Each disc takes a different environment; here we concentrate on the woods and fields of the counties on the disc Field and Woodland. Click 'DVDs and Videos' for more information and our ordering pages. A click on Mike Linley and he'll tell you about some of the creatures featured in the series. If you'd like us to get this title in the post to you as quickly as possible, or need some more information, click 'Miscellaneous titles'. Watch a bittern as it seeks to camouflage itself amonst the reeds, enjoy closeups of kingfishers, watch grass snakes eat their way out of their shells - and many more great video sequences. To go straight to the order section for this DVD click 'DVDs and Videos'. For Mike Linley's introduction to the series, click on his name. Watch a mass take-off from the waters of the Wash, seals on the Point at Blakeney, a confrontation between and toad and a grass snake in the dunes, the great variety of seabirds that live along our coasts. To order and for more information click 'DVDs and Videos'. For a video introduction to the series, click Mike Linley. Author John Bridges delves deep into the history of his home town of Framlingham in and around the year of 1900 to give us some of the answers, unlocking the story of not just the one town but of life across East Anglia a century ago. To order and for more information go to the 'Miscellaneous Titles' section. Author John Bridges introduces the book to you with a click.
More details and order from the 'East Anglian Memories' section. Click to hear author Pip Wright explain how he came to write this book; you can also hear him sing a song featured in the book by clicking Three Score and Ten So why a book and a DVD? Each presents the story of the 14 selected Norfolk villages in its own way. The book has the space for the greatest detail, whilst the DVD takes you for a walk around and a flight over the villages and also includes a visit to the Record Office, to see some of the sources used in the author's research. Together the two make a perfect combination. And both contribute to understanding the specific history of the villages and to developing the skills of undertaking local history research. Order from the DVD and Video section. By clicking Christopher Barringer you can hear and see his introduction to the DVD.
To order, go to the DVD and video section. Click for a trailer for the DVD. Author Stephen Pope both works at Gressenhall as Visitor Services Assistant and devotes much time to investigating the archives of the museum, knowledge which has been condensed into this book. It will be a major resource for teacher, researchers, specialists and family historians, whether they have a specific interest in Gressenhall or a wider interest in workhouses and social conditions in the 19th and early 20th century. The 'Support and Resources' section for this title carries lists of those who were inmates and otherwise associated with Gressenhall - you will find family names there, and the book will give you the context in which they were living. This book can be order from the Miscellaneous section.  |
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Grandad's War - The First World War Diary of Horace Reginald Stanley is one young man's own story of his time with the Cambridgeshire Regiment; of disillusionment on being invalided out and then managing to return to the front with the Army Ordnance Corps.
International wildlife film-maker Mike Linley comes back home to present three wonderful DVDs about the region's wild life, with the generic names East Anglia - The Wild Side
William Winstanley - The Man who saved Christmas is the remarkable story of an East Anglian who defied the puritanical regime of Oliver Cromwell and kept the spirit of Christmas alive. As a farmer, historian and thankfully as a writer, he recorded the wonderful Yuletide festivities at his Essex farm. Through this account of his life and writings about Christmas, we can see that he truly was the man who kept alive and restored the Christmas traditions we know today.
East Anglia, in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, has Europe's great expanse of lowland waterways. Artificially created during medieval times, the Broads and many rivers of the east of England - including of course Cambridgeshire and Essex - are populated by a fascinating mix of creatures. Join international wildlife film maker Mike Linley for an hour of exploration of the birds, amphibians and other animals of these wetland habitats.
Coast and Estuary is the third title in the East Anglia - The Wild Side series. Join master film-maker Mike Linley to explore the creatures of East Anglia's hundreds of miles of coastline, from the cliffs of Hunstanton to the dunes of east Norfolk, the Sandlings of Suffolk and the estuaries of Essex.
How did an East Anglian market town function as the 19th century became the 20th century? Who was trading with whom? How much did things costs? How long did you have to wait for bills to be paid? The Commercial Life of a Suffolk Town tackles these questions.
I Read it in the Local Rag is a new title from author Pip Wright. Over the last few years he has read hundreds of local newspapers - from the 1700s and 1800s! He has brought a collection of stories from those paper together in this new publication.
The DVD Exploring the Norfolk Village is now available. It is presented by Christopher Barringer, who also wrote the book Exploring the Norfolk Village, which you'll find on the Norfolk Origins page.
Great Yarmouth - History, Herrings, Holidays on DVD or video Great Yarmouth is a harbour and town with a fascinating history. In medieval times it was the great base for trade across the North Sea to Europe - and was the largest herring fishing port in the world. Its tourist industry flourished from the early 19th century.
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - A history of the buildings and the people who lived and worked there. This new title, launched at the Norfolk History Fair on 29th May 2006 at Gressenhall, tells the story of the 'house of industry' and the workhouse from its establishment in 1774 to the present day, when it is now the Museum of Norfolk Life.