Poppyland Publishing

Well - some titles just defy being put into a category! We're sure you'll enjoy them all the same.

The Diary of a poor Suffolk woodman features a poor man's diary. Few of William Scarfe's class in the early 1800s could write well enough to produce more than fifteen years of a journal of his life and village. Now, over 150 years later, we are able to share his world and enjoy the social history of the 1830s through his words.

Pip and Joy Wright and Léonie Robinson have transcribed the words that William Scarfe wrote in the margins of a prayer book he had been given by the local rector, and provided a range of background materials to put those words into context. A must for the local historian, the Suffolk genealogist - and anyone with an interest in East Anglia's past.

The Diary of a poor Suffolk woodman
Pip and Joy Wright and Léonie Robinson
ISBN 0 946148 67 8
£12.95

Arthur Ransome's East Anglia is available in a new edition, including colour photographs, of Roger Wardale's search for Coots, Swallows and Amazoms in East Anglia. With Roger Wardale's expert eye, we visit the many sites on the Broads and the Essex backwaters where Arthur Ransome set his stories. Through Ransome's own photographs and new pictures from today's East Anglia, we can make the link with the author's own life story.

Fully illustrated with sixty-two pictures, seventeen of them in colour.

Arthur Ransome's East Anglia
Roger Wardale ISBN 0 946148 57 0
£7.95

East Anglia on Film
David Cleveland ISBN 0 946148 23 6
£7.95

The Birds of Sheringham An authoritative and detailed study of the birds found in the Sheringham area, including Weybourne, the Runtons and Felbrigg Great Wood, with illustrations by wildlife artist Bryan Bland.

The Birds of Sheringham
Moss Taylor ISBN 0 946148 26 0
£4.95

Aylsham in the 17th Century The documentary records of the towns and villages of England are an invaluable source for historians. This book contains seventeenth century documents from the Manor of Aylsham Lancaster, with a full listing of the names of all the landholders.

Aylsham in the 17th Century
Aylsham Local History Society ISBN 0 946148 32 5
£7.50

'Turnip' Townshend - Statesman and Farmer A new biography of Charles, second Viscount Townshend. He spent nearly 20 years in public life, directing Britain's foreign policy. One of a select group of Norfolk men and women, his influence on both local and national change make him of interest to both East Anglian and a wider readership.

'Turnip' Townshend - Statesman and Farmer
Susanna Wade Martins ISBN 0 946148 46 5
£8.95

More Norfolk Connections Following the success of our title The Norfolk Connection, and with many new names suggested by readers of the first title, broadcaster and columnist Keith Skipper contributes a further range of biographies from across the county.

More Norfolk Connections
Keith Skipper ISBN 0 946148 49 X
£4.95