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At the age of 20, Dennis Horn won his first English Rose - the
emblem of a National track champion. Throughout the 1930s he
rapidly graduated from the rough and tumble of makeshift grass
track racing at country fairs and gala sports days in provincial
towns to assail the heights of British track cycling on the great
urban cycling bastions of the time - the hard-surfaced stadiums of
London's Herne Hill and Manchester's Fallowfield - and become the
star of British track racing. Every year from 1931 to 1938 he was
awarded the season-long Meredith Trophy to add to those legendary
gold and silver cups he'd won in fiercely contested track battles
in front of crowds of tens of thousands. It was a cycling scene
entirely unique to Britain in the years before World War II. But
this is more than a simple tale of a strapping rural lad who took
on and beat the streetwise metropolitan champions of his era.
Dennis Horn, son of a Fenland blacksmith, proved himself to be as
astute as any of his urban contemporaries at treading the fine line
between amateurism and professionalism as defined by the
puritanical British cycling establishment of their day.
Borley Rectory in Essex, built in 1862, should have been an
ordinary Victorian clergyman's house. However, just a year after
its construction, unexplained footsteps were heard within the
house, and from 1900 until it burned down in 1939 numerous
paranormal phenomena, including phantom coaches and shattering
windows, were observed. In 1929 the house was investigated by the
Daily Mail and paranormal researcher Harry Price, and it was he who
called it 'the most haunted house in England.' Price also took out
a lease of the rectory from 1937 to 1938, recruiting forty-eight
'official observers' to monitor occurences. After his death in
1948, the water was muddied by claims that Price's findings were
not genuine paranormal activity, and ever since there has been a
debate over what really went on at Borley Rectory. Paul Adams,
Eddie Brazil and Peter Underwood here present a comprehensive guide
to the history of the house and the ghostly (or not) goings-on
there.
The haunted history of England's churches and chapels is brought
vividly to life in this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated
modern guide. Here you will encounter the compelling world of the
unseen linked with a thousand years of worship - including the
Tudor phantom of Rycote, the lonely monk of Minsden Chapel and the
black-magic ghosts of Clophill, to name but a few. From the authors
of The Borley Rectory Companion comes this astonishing book, which
covers seventy-five of the most notorious and lesser known of our
haunted ecclesiastical buildings. Combining a wealth of historical
and paranormal information with stunning original and atmospheric
photographs, this volume is perfect for researchers and armchair
ghost hunters alike. Paranormal historian Paul Adams and writer and
photographer Eddie Brazil join Peter Underwood, the UK's most
experienced ghost hunter and respected author of over fifty books
on the supernatural, in another literary partnership that will
chill all but the sturdiest of hearts.
The emerging generation of research and academic library users
expect the delivery of user-centered information services.
Apomediation refers to the supporting role librarians can give
users by stepping in when users need help. Library 3.0 explores the
ongoing debates on the point oh phenomenon and its impact on
service delivery in libraries. This title analyses Library 3.0 and
its potential in creating intelligent libraries capable of meeting
contemporary needs, and the growing role of librarians as
apomediators. Library 3.0 is divided into four chapters. The first
chapter introduces and places the topic in context. The second
chapter considers point oh libraries. The third chapter covers
library 3.0 librarianship, while the final chapter explores ways
libraries can move towards 3.0'.
Focuses on social media in research and academic librariesGives
context to the discussion of apomediation in librarianship and
information services provisionProvides a balance between more
traditional and more progressive approaches"
This fascinating collection reveals the dark side of Farnham’s
history. This idyllic town has seen murders, betrayal and great
battles, and these stories remain, trapped within its walls.
President of The Ghost Club for thirty-three years, Peter Underwood
has been called ‘a giant in psychical research’, and ‘the
world’s leading ghost-hunter’. He has personally investigated
hundreds of hauntings during his career, and brings his expertise
to bear on his home county in this amazing selection of tales. The
author explores Farnham's castle and many manor houses, as well as
inviting us into his own home and investigating the paranormal
occurrences he lived with for many years. The town’s pubs,
castle, church, homes and shops are all included here, revealing
some extraordinary encounters with the unexplained. With first-hand
accounts and more than sixty photographs, this collection will
enthral both residents and visitors alike.
This was the first book on London's ghosts, when Peter Underwood
was President of the Ghost Club. He is uniquely qualified to write
Haunted London, presenting a parade and gazetteer of the psychic
phenomena of Britain's capital city - a city with nearly ten
million living inhabitants and the ghosts of many dead ones. As
well as all the famous hauntings - the Cock Lane ghost, the Grey
Man at Drury Lane, the Tower ghosts, the haunted house at Berkeley
Square etc. - the book contains many new and hitherto unpublished
findings. Not all ghosts date back to earlier centuries: there are
ghost motorcyclists, for instance, and new buildings on the sites
of older ones are as likely to have ghosts as those which still
stand. For easy reference, Haunted London has divided up London
geographically. Ghostly associations are uncovered in churches,
theatres, hotels, inns and scenes of murders. Poltergeist
infestation is another phenomenon included in this work which is
sure to fascinate anyone wanting to get to know London better -
whether they be visitors, psychic researchers, students of history,
of legend or folklore, or simply lovers of one of the world's
finest cities.
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