New Books in the Museum Shop

Somerset Canals by Henry Buckton £15.99

Henry Buckton’s latest book, ‘Somerset Canals’, looks at the histories of all the county’s canals. For a while canals were hugely successful, transporting goods and raw materials across the county. However, by the end of the 19th century they had been superseded by the railways.

‘Somerset Canals’ includes sections on the Somersetshire Coal Canal and The Dorset and Somerset Canal.

Resistance and Resilience: The 1926 General Strike and the Miners’ lockout in the Somerset Coalfield by Dave Chapple £15.00

Dave Chapple is a life-long trades unionist; an oral historian and author of ten books of west country working class history, biography and autobiography. His latest book, ‘Resistance and Resilience’ is his tribute to the Somerset Miners Association.

Somerset Industrial Heritage by Henry Buckton £15.99

‘Somerset Industrial Heritage’ is an immersive and highly informative insight into Somerset’s remarkable industrial history.

Henry Buckton is a social historian, and has published a large number of books on various historical subjects. He lives in Meare, Somerset.

The Midsomer Norton Company of the 4th Somerset (Frome) battalion of the Home Guard in WW2, by Alan Readhead £12

This is a hugely valuable contribution to our local historical knowledge of WW2 activity in the area and provides profiles of most of the men who were part of the Midsomer Norton Company. Biographical profiles of 88 Company members are to be found here and, although the author acknowledges this list is still incomplete, many local families will find forbears mentioned here.