As a Society we have published a selection of books, leaflets and a 2-DVD set which we believe will be of interest to residents and visitors alike. In Clevedon you can obtain them at Books & Puzzles (Unit 5, Clevedon Triangle), Clevedon Story Heritage Centre (4, The Beach), Clevedon Pier Tollhouse, H Seeley & Co (61 Hill Road) and Westend Post Office (169 Old Church Road). They are also available locally at Cross Tree Stores (Walton in Gordano), Gatcombe Farm Shop (Flax Bourton), Nailsea Bookshop, North Somerset Museum (Weston-super-Mare) and Yatton Books & Prints.
CLEVEDON, Gem of Sunny Somerset - 2 DVD SET
Disc One: 84 minutes - From Village to Town
1. From the Court to the Old Church
2. Clevedon Walks
3. Clevedon Trains and Troops
4. Clevedon Shops
5. Clevedon Churches
Disc Two: 130 minutes - Entertaining Clevedon
1. A Stroll Along the Prom
2. Clevedon Pier
3. Clevedon Youth
4. Clevedon Sport
5. Clevedon Entertainment
6. Clevedon Civic Society Books
Available from 19th March 2010
Author: Geoff Hale
Priced at £9.95
Clevedon Places and Faces
Hardback, 225 pages - October 2010
Around the Place.
Up, Up and Away -
Michael John (Jack) Willcocks.
A Helping Hand - Henry Edward May
Driver/Nurse Rose Norton Harper.
Number Five Elton Road.
The Best Years.
Just Folk...
Columns of Communication - Clevedon Radio Broadcasting Station.
Clevedon Triangle Clock.
Military Matters.
Sporting Life & Society Pages.
Resting Places and Watering Holes.
Author: Clevedon Civic Society
Editor: Rob Campbell
(Also available from Amazon)
Priced at £14.95
FROM MEDIEVAL MANOR
TO VICTORIAN RESORT
Hardback, 288 pages - October 2009
Author: Clevedon Civic Society
Editor: Rob Campbell
(Also available from Amazon)
Priced at £14.95
FROM THE VILLAGE TO THE TOWN
A paperback book priced at £4.50 detailing the way Clevedon has changed from a village to the thriving metrop it has become.
Clevedon until 1800
The development of Clevedon
The Elton family & Clevedon court
The history of Clevedon pier
Mount Elton
Religous life in the town
The development of the local Government
Education in Clevedon
Shops in the Nineteenth Century
The limekilns of Clevedon.
THE ANNALS OF CLEVEDON
A 73 page paperbacked book priced at £4.50 containing many fascinating insights into the history of Clevedon.
George Lee & his Clevedon Violets
Chronicles of the Clevedon Cottage hospital
Clevedon Society in the ninteenth Century
Highdale Farm, the Hide Hall of
Clevedon Manor
Crime in Clevedon
Looking back on Clevedon
The growth of Victorian Clevedon
The Cinema Story
Clevedon's fire brigade
Clevedon Civic Society
CLEVEDON PAST
A paperback of 90 pages, priced at £4.50.
A tribute to Gray Usher (Moorman)
The Archaeology of Clevedon
The Arts in clevedon
The Ken Hangings
The Builders of Clevedon
The Expensive Lesson
The drinking troughs and fountains of Clevedon
The history of Clevedon Pier
The Stephens Car
TEN CLEVEDON WALKS
Ten short walks through town & country, priced at £2.00
CLEVEDON .....CLUBS, CAKES,
QUARRIES & CASH
Paperback, 76 pages - Feb 2002
Priced at £7.00
CLEVEDON'S SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
A bumper 108 page paper back, packed to the gunnels with more Clevedon history, both industrial and social, an absolute snip at £7.50
Part 1 Industrial history.
Brickworks & Potteries
The Clevedon weavers
Mr Boddingtons Boot Factory
Binding & Payne & Associated Companies
The Clevedon & Portishead Laundry
Percy Daniel Organ Builder
Penicillin & other Anti biotics
Two Timber Merchants
Utilities- Gas, Water & Electricity
Willcocks-Inventors & Engineers
CLEVEDON'S OWN
Paperback, 112 pages - June 2004
Includes separate Roll of Honour
Author: Rob Campbell
Priced at £9.95
CLEVEDON AT WAR
Paperback, 108 pages - June 2005
Includes separate Roll of Honour
Author: Rob Campbell
Priced at £9.95
