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Titles on this household bygones page are:

Candle Lighting	Old Sewing Machines
Domestic Bygones	Old Sheffield Plate
Firegrates and Kitchen Ranges	Penknives and other Folding Knives
Discovering Hallmarks on English Silver	Scales and Balances
Laundry Bygones	Spoons 1650-2000
The 1930s Home	Table Knives and Forks
Nutcrackers	Weights and Measures

Candle Lighting £3.50
David J. Eveleigh 978 0 7478 0574 8 (Album 311) 132 pp, 57 ills.

Dr Johnson, the great eighteenth-century lexicographer and writer, defined a candle in his Dictionary as ‘a light made of wax or tallow surrounding a wick of flax or cotton’. The candle was, at that time, the usual form of domestic lighting in Britain. Today’s candles, brighter and less troublesome, are the result of two hundred years of refinement. First rivalled by gas and then improved oil lighting, the candle has now given way to electric lighting, yet remains to charm us with its gentle light. This book looks at the types of candles which have been used over the centuries, and describes the various methods of manufacture. Candle lamps and lanterns are also included and many examples illustrated, along with other appliances which were once essential to candle lighting.

David J. Eveleigh is Curator of Social History for the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery at Blaise Castle House Museum. Other titles for Shire by this author are:

Brass and Brassware (currently out of print)

Firegrates and Kitchen Ranges (see below)

Old Cooking Utensils (currently out of print)

Victorian Farmer (currently out of print)

Domestic Bygones £3.50
Jacqueline Fearn 978 0 7478 0392 8 (Album 20) 32 pp, 62 ills.

Hasteners, idlebacks, washing bats and goffering machines all had a place in the Victorian household but few people now recognise them or appreciate their usefulness to our great grandparents. The author has assembled photographs of many such bygones, with a commentary on their place in the domestic economy. This title has sold over 65,0000 copies. Other titles for Shire by this author:

Cast Iron
Thatch and Thatching
Discovering Heraldry

Firegrates and Kitchen Ranges £3.50
David J. Eveleigh 978 0 85263 629 9 (Album 99) 32 pp, 46 ills.

Many older houses retain original fireplaces and, following a period of neglect in the mid twentieth century, these are now regarded as a valuable and important part of the period home. This book traces the development of iron firegrates from their obscure origins in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the flamboyant Art Nouveau designs of the Edwardian period and will therefore form an invaluable guide for anyone wishing to find the right grate or range for their period home.

David J. Eveleigh is Curator of Social History for the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery at Blaise Castle House Museum. Other titles for Shire by this author are:

Brass and Brassware (currently out of print)

Candle Lighting (see above)

Old Cooking Utensils (currently out of print)

Victorian Farmer (currently out of print)


		Candle Lighting £3.50 David J. Eveleigh 978 0 7478 0574 8 (Album 311) 132 pp, 57 ills. Dr Johnson, the great eighteenth-century lexicographer and writer, defined a candle in his Dictionary as ‘a light made of wax or tallow surrounding a wick of flax or cotton’. The candle was, at that time, the usual form of domestic lighting in Britain. Today’s candles, brighter and less troublesome, are the result of two hundred years of refinement. First rivalled by gas and then improved oil lighting, the candle has now given way to electric lighting, yet remains to charm us with its gentle light. This book looks at the types of candles which have been used over the centuries, and describes the various methods of manufacture. Candle lamps and lanterns are also included and many examples illustrated, along with other appliances which were once essential to candle lighting. David J. Eveleigh is Curator of Social History for the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery at Blaise Castle House Museum. Other titles for Shire by this author are: Brass and Brassware (currently out of print) Firegrates and Kitchen Ranges (see below) Old Cooking Utensils (currently out of print) Victorian Farmer (currently out of print)

			Domestic Bygones £3.50 Jacqueline Fearn 978 0 7478 0392 8 (Album 20) 32 pp, 62 ills. Hasteners, idlebacks, washing bats and goffering machines all had a place in the Victorian household but few people now recognise them or appreciate their usefulness to our great grandparents. The author has assembled photographs of many such bygones, with a commentary on their place in the domestic economy. This title has sold over 65,0000 copies. Other titles for Shire by this author: Cast Iron Thatch and Thatching Discovering Heraldry

			Firegrates and Kitchen Ranges £3.50 David J. Eveleigh 978 0 85263 629 9 (Album 99) 32 pp, 46 ills. Many older houses retain original fireplaces and, following a period of neglect in the mid twentieth century, these are now regarded as a valuable and important part of the period home. This book traces the development of iron firegrates from their obscure origins in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the flamboyant Art Nouveau designs of the Edwardian period and will therefore form an invaluable guide for anyone wishing to find the right grate or range for their period home. David J. Eveleigh is Curator of Social History for the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery at Blaise Castle House Museum. Other titles for Shire by this author are: Brass and Brassware (currently out of print) Candle Lighting (see above) Old Cooking Utensils (currently out of print) Victorian Farmer (currently out of print)