Third edition, 2003, 87 pages, softback, A4
"Sheffield's Woodland Heritage"
by Melvyn Jones
Sheffield's ancient woods are the envy of other English cities. Many of the woods we take short cuts through, walk our dogs in, or visit to see the spectacular displays of bluebells were known to our medieval ancestors. But in those days - and until towards the end of the nineteenth century - they were working woods.
This book recounts the facinating history of Sheffield's woodlands: of the traditional crafts such as charcoal making, basket making, coopering and clog-making; of the age-old techniques of building in timber; and of the clues to Sheffields past that still remain in the city's surviving woods. This, the third edition of the book that was first published in 1989, has an additional chapter to bring the story up to date.
Price: £4.95 (+£2.00 post and packing)
ISBN 0 9521733 4 4
Published by Wharncliffe Books 2000, 128 pages, soft back, size approximately A4
"The Making of the South Yorkshire Landscape" A popular guide to the history of the county's countryside and townscapes
by Melvyn Jones
South Yorkshire ranges from bleak uninhabited moorlands at almost 2000 feet, through the densely populated Coal Measure country containing the city of Sheffield and the towns of Barnsley and Rotherham, to the fertile agriculturial country of the Magnesian Limestone belt, and then stretches beyond DOncaster to the Humberhead Levels only a few feet above sea level. It is a many-layered landscape created by the endeavours of people uing its resources over many thousands of years to make a living and create farmsteads, villages and towns.
This copiously illustrated book guides the reader to an understanding of how this complex landscape - both rural and urban 0 has evolved. Information about places to visit is included at the end of every chapter.
Price: £9.95 (+£2.00 post & packing)
ISBN 1 871647 75-4
Published by the Hallamshire Press, 2001, 208 pages, soft back, size approximately A5
"Protecting the Beautiful Frame"
A History of the Sheffield, Peak District & South Yorkshire Branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England
by Melvyn Jones
Founded in 1924 as the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Local Scenery, the Sheffield, Peak District & South Yorkshire Branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England has an unrivialled record as a campaigning countryside group. The branch will go down in history not only for the achievement of its two 'grand purposes' - the designation of the Peak District national park and the creation of a permanent SHeffield Green Belt - but also for the hundreds of other successful campaigns to protect the local countryside with which it has been associated.
This book tells the story of the development of the work of the Branch over three-quaters of a century, and of the central unique roles played by Ethel and Gerald Haythornthwaite.
This book is a tribute to the singlemindedness, dedication and generosity of the Haythornthwaites and to thousands of members who have supported their cause over the years.
It is essential reading for all those who care about the countryside of the Peak District and South Yorkshire.
Price: £12.95 (+£2.00 post & packing)
ISBN 1-874718-61-X
2001, 64 pages, soft back, size A5
"Memoirs of a Bird Photographer"
by Alan Faulkner Taylor
This is the fascinating and amusing autobiography one of the region's elder statesmen of ornithology and photography.
THE AUTHOR: Alan Faulkner Taylor is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic
Society. In 1955 he was awarded the "Society's Medal" of The
Royal Photographic Society for a set of natural history prints, also in
the same year the Hood Medal for industrial colour prints. He served on
the Applied and Cinematography sections of the Associateship and Fellowship
Acceptance Committee of the Royal for ten years. One of his films was
awarded the Grand Prix (Technology Section) in the Budapest Film Festival
of 1961. Two of his films were shown on the BBC "Look" programmes
during the 1950s, when he appeared with the late Sir Peter Scott.
Alan worked as an industrial photographer for 26 years in Sheffield, from 1950, first with English Steel Corporation Ltd. In 1976, he took voluntary redundancy to start his own business; making promotional films, audio-visual presentations, and producing brochures. He retired from this type of work in 1985, and then directed his camera to landscapes. He says: 'Why walk through beautiful places and not use the camera? Then - why not sell the results?' Since retiring, nearly 200 of his colour pictures have been reproduced in calendars, as covers for periodicals, and as illustrations for his articles.
He joined Sheffield's Sorby Natural History Society in 1947, and soon became chairman of the Ornithological Section. He judged the highly successful annual photographic competitions of the Society on several occasions. His previously published books are: "Photography in Commerce & Industry" and "Peakland Rockscapes". His articles have been published in several periodicals.
He completed this book in his 81st year and he says:
'I hope this book will interest not only photographers but everybody who loves birds. For the illustrations, as far as possible, I have tried to choose pictures to be enjoyed, as distinct from straightforward records of the birds. Photography has brought birds to life, rather than as an artist's painting reproduced in a bird recognition book, probably copied from the product of a taxidermist. I can well remember how my colleague in bird photography and I watched a small wader on the mud on the edge of our local reservoir. We couldn't identify it even after pouring through my bird books when we got home. Then I turned over the leaves of a book of black and white photographs. With the posture of the bird in one of the pictures so completely natural, it was then clear that we had been watching a wood sandpiper. When you're a beginner, identification of small waders is difficult.'
Landscape Archaeology and Ecology Volume 4, 1999, 98 pages, softback, size A4
"Peatland Ecology and Archaeology: Management of a Cultural Landscape"
Edited by Ian D. Rotherham
Proceedings and invited papers from the 1997 Sheffield Conference of the Landscape Conservation Forum, the volume consists of abstracts and full conference papers. This volume will be of interest to all those who are involved with the management of upland and lowland 'peatland' environments and landscapes.
Aspects include the impacts of peat cutting (with referene to Derbyshire and the Humber Levels); Managing degraded mires and the North Peak ESA (impacts of erosion on archaeology), etc.
Price: £5.00 (+£2.00 post and packing)
ISSN 1354 - 0262
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