New publication - reprint of WM Hardy's Wave Action on Our Coast

Wave Action on Our Coast

By Andrew and Annelise Fielding

This book comprises a facsimile of William Masters Hardy's book 'Wave Action on our Coast' first published in 1911. The foreword is written by his great-great granddaughter and compliments the publication of his notebooks in 'William Master's Hardy - 'A Rambling Sketch of my Life 1836-1921'. The style is engaging and introduces the reader to the power of the sea through the actions of the Sea Giant and the Atmospheric King.

Tm Hardy Air Mechanic 1st Class 1916-1918

We have finally completed the publication of Thomas Masters Hardy's notebooks that he kept at Chingford in WW1.

It is available as a print on demand publication from Blurb.

Soft cover
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/8628563-thomas-masters-hardy-air-mechanic-1st-class-1916-1

Hard cover
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/8626914-thomas-masters-hardy-air-mechanic-1st-class-1916-1

TM Hardy - cover

Cover design for TMH's RNAS notebooks.
Finished book will be uploaded to the Blurb online bookshop soon.

Sel et Salinas

We contributed to a chapter on the archaeology and historical development of salt making in the UK and wrote  the chapter describing salt making sites in the UK that could form the basis of a Salt Route.

Sels et Salines de l'Europe Atlantique

edited by Loic Menanteau

Numerous authors from the partner organisations who participated in the EU funded project Ecosal-Atlantis from Portugal, Spain, France and the UK.

Chapters from the UK by Prof Mark Brisbane, Dr Mark Maltby and Roger Herbert from Bournemouth University; Andrew Fielding from A&A Fielding Ltd, David Cranstone from Cranstone Consulting and Ivan Day from Historic Foods.

500 pages (7 kilos)

Order from University of Rennes University Press

http://pur-editions.fr/detail.php?idOuv=4566

Another WM Hardy book - Wave Action of Our Coast

We are putting together a facsimile of William Masters Hardy's book Wave Action on our Coast, published in 1911. Some items in this book refer to events he recorded in his memoirs, which we included in our last Blurb book.

The extract below includes WMH's views on towns that discharged raw sewage directly into the sea.

"....I think that my readers will agree with me when I say that the

inhabitants of a city, borough, or town that discharges crude

sewage into the sea around our coast, especially in bays like

Studland, Swanage, Durlston, and Chapman's Pool, are

guilty of a crime, a public wrong against the sea and the land,

against humanity, and the fish in the sea. Therefore, it is

essential for the benefit and prosperity of any town situated

on the coast, that the sea and foreshore should be kept

absolutely pure."

The facsimile will be able to be purchased online through Blurb by late March.

TMH - Thomas Masters Hardy

Having published the memoirs of William Masters Hardy we have now started to edit two notebooks kept by Annelise's grandfather, Thomas Masters Hardy.

The notebooks were written whilst TMH was serving in the Great War. He was in the RNAS, later the RAF working on the early aircraft, initially at Chingford Airfield where he was an Air Mechanic 1st class where his skills he used his skills as a trained cabinet maker.

One notebook includes notes and drawing used as training for the construction, maintenance and repair of the wooden framed airframes of the iconic aircraft built by Sopwith, Maurice Farman, Caudron, De Haviland, Avro etc. Two drawings are reproduced below -

We shall be reproducing the notebook as a facsimile to retain its period quality.
The book will be edited and published through the online services of Blurb again and then possibly as an ibook for ipad.

Book about William Masters Hardy now published

Our book about the life of Annelise's great-great grandfather is now published through the on-line publisher Blurb. Softback £18.00 Hardback with glossy paper £44.00 plus postage.

Currently working on an i-book version that will be available through iBooks Store.

Link to the Blurb bookshop -
Softcover - £18.00
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/7967409-william-masters-hardy-a-rambling-sketch-of-my-life

hardcover - £44.00
http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/7981328-william-masters-hardy-a-rambling-sketch-of-my-life

Saltcote No.4 newsletter of Ecosal-UK

We have completed a new newsletter for Ecosal-UK - web link

https://issuu.com/ecosaluk/docs/saltcote-no4_837dc1bf6b8137

Book about William Master Hardy - almost ready to publish

Our book about Annelise's great great grandfather, William Masters Hardy, is almost completed.
Link to the online order form at Blurb will be posted here and on our web site by February 2017.

Shire Book - The Salt Industry reprinted

Shire Books, now part of Bloomsbury Publishing have reprinted our book The Salt Industry. It has a new cover featuring the recently restored Lion Salt Works.
Link to order form - http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-salt-industry-9780747806486/

We still have copies left of with the original cover if anyone wants one.

Buy a Copy of New Book about John Henry Cooke

Our latest book. A memoir by John Henry Cooke, the first clerk to Winsford Local Board and solicitor for the promotion of the Brine Compensation Act. With additional notes and explanations by us. The book is a transcript of John Henry Cooke's own memoirs written by him in his own copy of the book he wrote describing how Cheshire celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Includes his enduring sadness following the death of two of his sons in the Great War. Two of his books were submitted to the royal family, both are still in the royal collection, with one being at kept at Sandringham.

JH Cooke 1848 - 1928 by Andrew P Fielding, Annelise M Fielding | Make Your Own Book

Buy a copy of Thomas Birtles Photographic Survey of Northwich 1891-2

Thomas Birtles' Photographic Survey of Northwich, Cheshire 1891-1892 by Andrew Fielding, Annelise Fielding | Make Your Own Book

Book Publication - Birtles Photographs of Northwich

We have almost completed our catalogue of the photographs taken by Thomas Birtles to record the condition of buildings in Northwich at the  passing of the Brine Compensation Act of 1891.
The book is being produced through Blurb on-demand publishing.
It should be available from  the end of August. 248 pages. Price £15.

Talk to AIA Conference 2014, Chester University

Andrew gave three talks to the 2014 annual conference of the Association for Industrial Archaeologists at Chester University.
The first was a general introduction about salt, the second described the unique framed buildings developed in Northwich to withstand ground subsidence casued by wild brine pumping and rock salt mining.
The third described the formation of ECOSAL-UK as a legacy of the Ecosal-Atlantis project.
Andew also circulated a draft copy of the book about the set of photographs taken in Northwich by Thomas Birtles between 1891 and 1892 at the passing of the 1891 Brine Compenation Act.
The book will be available in October direct from A&A Fielding Ltd or from on-line printers Blurb.

Our First Blurb Book - The Wreck of the Halsewell

Link to the Blurb Bookshop

 

 
 
 

    The Wreck of the Halsewell by William D. Wilson
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    Make Your Own Book
 
 

Books in Process of Publication

We have been experimenting with editing our research for publication on demand through Blurb.
A number of books in the pipe-line -

The Wreck of the Halsewell: With a Glossary of Terms by William D Wilson

The Timber Framed Buildings of Northwich, Cheshire. A&A Fielding

Thomas Birtles' Photographic Survey of Northwich, Cheshire 1891-1892. A&A Fielding

The Memoirs of John H Cooke: An Honourable Gentleman. A&A Fielding

Details of each to follow soon.

We have also been writing a book for Age UK Oldham about the history and restoration of their recent HLF funded work to restore and modernise  a former Independent Methodist Chapel - George Street Chapel.