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The origins of the Vestey Group stretch back to the late 19th century when brothers William and Edmund Vestey founded the Union Cold Storage Company in Liver...

Sheppy. The name is synonymous with good quality cider throughout Somerset and beyond. This revealing book brings to life the Sheppy family over the past tw...

From a valleys blacksmith to Wales's leading retail and leisure group in under 100 years. This book follows the history of a family that has established a re...

The charming family history and memoir from Richard Balson that harks back to a different age. A journey of a family in business that dates back all the way ...

The story of a great cidermaking family. family members have been at the heart of Thatchers Cider since William John Thatcher formed the Somerset company in...

At the beginning of the nineteenth century tartan was worn in the wild and unruly Highlands of Scotland, but hardly at all by civilised lowland Scots and nev...

The history of Everards Brewery. Everards Brewery was founded in 1849 when William Everard of Narborough entered into a partnership with a maltster named Tho...

Latest addition to the library shelves - The story of the different generations of the Hoare family and their complex, intimate relationship with the busines...

This book, by Patricia Lennon and David Joy, is an updated version of the official biography of Robert Thompson, the Mouseman of Kilburn. First published in...

Cleeves and Henry Palmer bought the Old Brewery in Bridport, West Dorset, in 1896. With a small staff - headed up by a brewery manager on a salary of £108 a...