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BANGOR - A Pictorial History (Vol 3 )

This book provides a photographic record of a bygone age, revealing a fascinating insight into everyday life in Bangor before important buildings were demolished, before streets were clogged with cars, and before superstores stretched far beyond the town centre. The illustrations, each of which is accompanied by a detailed caption, helps to bring to life those vanished times. Some of the views will be remembered by many people with nostalgia, and will explain much about Bangor's past to those too young to remember.

£9.95
Copies are available from the author at: 52 Lon-y-Bryn, Meani Bridge, Anglesey, LL59 5LL * free postage and packaging only available when bought directly from the author.
ISBN 0951859250

 

Bangor 1883 - 1983 A Study in Municipal Government by Peter Ellis Jones (Hardback - 1986)
Pages: 275
Publisher: Cardiff University of Wales Press
Language English
ISBN: 0708309097
UWB:  X/HG 201 JON
Library: 352.042925

Bangor Port of Beaumaris by M Elis-Williams (1986)
Pages: 208
Publisher: Gwynedd Archives
Language English
ISBN: 0901337463
UWB: VK64.B3 E4 1988
Library: 389.10942925

A Portrait of the C&A Hospital - The People and the Place (1948 - 1984) by William E. Beer (Paperback - 2000)
Pages: 271
Publisher: North Wales Health Authority
ISBN: 19028440401
UWB: WX 28 FW3 B415 2000    
Library: 362.110942925
'Sibols': Plentyndod Hirael 1900-1930 mewn geiriau a lluniau : Hirael childhood 1900-1930 in words and pictures (Paperback - 1987)
Pages: 61
Publisher: Gwasanaeth Archifau Gwynedd
ISBN: 0901337447
UWB: X/AL 6b BAN    
Library: 942.925

 


Bangor- From a Cell to a City edited by Siân Ifor White (1994)
Pages: 115
Publisher: Friends of Bangor Museum & Art Gallery
Language English
ISBN: 0952485907
UWB:  X/AL 6b BAN
Library: 942.925

 


Memories of Upper Bangor in the 20s and 30s by Daphne Robinson
Pages: 43
Publisher: University of Wales, Bangor
UWB: X/AL 6b BAN
Limited number of copies are available: from Lyn Barker in the UWB Marketing Office.


Bangor: A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards by J.B. Cowell
Paperback: 88 pages
Publisher: SB Publications (Dec 1990)
ISBN: 187070858X
UWB: X/AL 6b BAN
Library: 942.925
Bangor: A Pictorial History
by J.B. Cowell
Paperback: 16 pages
Publisher: John Cowell (Oct 1994)
Language English
ISBN: 0951859226
Library: 942.925







Bangor: A Pictorial History: v. 2

by J.B. Cowell
Paperback:
119 pages
Publisher:
John Cowell (Nov 1997)
Language English
ISBN: 0951859234
Library: 942.925
Bangor Cathedral by M L Clarke (1969)
Pages: 125
Publisher: University of Wales Press, Cardiff





Diocesan Histories Bangor
by Rev. W. Hughes (1901)
Pages: 204
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

Bangor at War 1939-1945 by John Cowell (2000)
Pages: 99
Publisher: John Cowell
ISBN: 0951859277



The Progress of Medicine A History of the Caernarfon and Anglesey Infirmary 1809 - 1948 by O. V. Jones (1984)
Pages: 311
Publisher: Gomer
ISBN: 0863831311


The University College Of North Wales
Foundations 1884 - 1927 by J. Gwynn Williams (1985)
Pages: 499
Publisher: University of Wales
ISBN: 0708308937



Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Bangor 1913
Reprinted with a short City history and extract from Bennett's Business Directory - by Alan Godfrey Maps.
Original: Caernarvonshire Sheet 6.12
ISBN
: 1841513547
Map available from: the Alan Godfrey Website (priced £2.20 + 60p UK postage)


The Vincent Family Diary - Gentry Life in Victorian Bangor by Dennis Wood and Vanessa Field,forward by Sir Kyffin Williams (2002).
Pages: 183
Publisher: University of Wales, Bangor
ISBN: 1842200291



Broadcasting and the BBC in Wales
by John Davies (1994)
Pages: 445
Publisher: BBC
ISBN: 070831273
Note: with index references to pages including, "established as studio for N.Wales", "facilities at" and "programmes produced at".


S. Winifred's Llanfairfechan The Story of Fifty Years 1887 - 1937 edited by Nesta Roberts (1937)
Pages: 96
Publisher: Wilding
ISBN: N/A
Note: The first 2 chapters focus on "the founding" and the "later years at Bangor" at Garth Road and Bron Castell.


LMS BRANCH LINES IN NORTH WALES VOL. 1 - BANGOR TO AFONWEN, LLANBERIS AND NANTLLE
by W G Rear (1986)
Pages: 170 (91 B&W Photographs)
Publisher: Wild Swan Publications
ISBN 0906867371


History of Friars School by Barber and Lewis (1901)
Pages: 179
Printed By: Jarvis & Foster
ISBN: N/A
 
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