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Books by local authors:

‘Life on the Hill’  (Colehill Community Writing Project)
Launched on 12th November 2016. Please visit our Facebook page.
No longer available to purchase in the library, but copies are available on Amazon price £9.50 and used copies appear on eBay from time to time.
For other queries contact the Life on the Hill Editor

‘The History, Myths 
& Legends of Colehill’  by Jan Seal
Available in Gullivers Bookshop Wimborne

‘Tales of Wimborne & Dorset History Volume II’ by Jan Seal  launched 21st October 2017

Tales of Wimborne & Dorset front cover

For sale in the Library @ £6.99 (A few copies of the first volume are still available in the Library).

Also available by Jan Seal:

Deans Court, a Guide and short History – just £4

‘The King’s Chalice’ and ‘The Curse of Kings’, novels about Uddens and Wimborne in Saxon times are also still available. Both are just £5

‘Ruby Slippers’ by Tracy Baines
Tracy Baines first writing was about the life of her grandmother. Now a successful short story writer, regularly published in several women’s magazines, she helped us collect and publish our community anthology Life on the Hill. Ruby Slippers is a collection of her uplifting and heartwarming stories, where love and humour give us strength in what can often be complicated relationships of everyday life.
Ruby Slippers is available at Amazon

‘Pat’s Story’ by Pat Putt Nicholls
Pat is a member of the Just Write group at Colehill Library. She wanted to capture the fascinating stories from her family history research, and preserve them for her family and grandchildren. Spanning continents and centuries this is a personal family saga, told through the eyes of ordinary people. Authentic and honest, those who know Pat will hear her voice on every page.
Pat’s Story is available at Amazon

‘The Man with the Lovely Dog Called Pebbles’ by Pebbles
Pebbles also visits the Just Write group at Colehill Library with Roger, who he works for as a Woofability assistance dog. Told from Pebbles’ point of view, this is an inspiring story of how one cheeky golden retriever transforms of the life of a man struggling with disability. Beautifully illustrated with full colour drawings.
The Man with the Lovely Dog Called Pebbles is available at Amazon

‘This Little World’ edited by Sue Ashby
This lovely collection of short stories about our beautiful county of Dorset includes some authors from local Colehill writing groups. Writers as young as eleven, and with no upper age limit, were involved in creating this compilation, as were Tracy Baines and Helen Baggott who helped us publish ‘Life on the Hill’.
This Little World is available at Amazon

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3. Books For Loan

We are listing books that members are prepared to lend out, starting with some books on Family History.
Contact the Editor for details.

List 1 – Dave Campbell

Great Western Horse Power history in photographs
Great Western Railway Company Servants history in photographs
The Story of Basingstoke
The Marriage Certificate a novel
Pat’s Story (see above) by Pat Putt
Who do You Think You are back copies of magazines

also various CDs relevant to Family History

National Burial Index
1851 Manchester “unfilmed” census
1810/1820 Preston Catholic censuses
Families of Montgomeryshire 1675-1825
Manchester Cathedral Burials 1573-1868


List 2 – Graham Mallett

Lee Child – all.

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