Liscard & Egremont in 1898 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: this detailed map covers the village of Liscard, which became part of Wallasey in 1910. Coverage stretches from Belvidere Road & Mount Pleasant Road eastward to the Mersey, & from Fort Street southward to Tobin Street. Features include Mariners Home, Clifton Hall, Egremont area with pier, Manor House, Marine Terrace, part of Upper Brighton, tramways, Liscard Castle, Massey Park, Oarside Dairy Farm, cemetery, Earlston, Zigzag Hall, St Mary's church, etc. On the reverse are street directory extracts, for Charlotte Road, King Street, Liscard Road, Liscard Village, Sea Bank Road, Trafalgar Road, Union Street. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

What do you wear to Paris? Ami & I discussed it for hours but I still couldn`t think of anything suitable. Ami said a trench coat with nothing underneath but your best underwear. That was only if some boy was meeting you at the airport, I said. Eighteen-year-old Lisette has just arrived in Paris (France!)
- the city of haute couture & all things stylish
- to practise her French & see great works of art. Her clairvoyant landlady Madame Christophe forces her to attend language lessons with a bunch of international students but soon Lise discovers she`s more interested in studying boys than art or verbs.. . When the undeniably hot Anders jogs into her life it feels too good to be true. Things get even more complicated when she is pursued by Hugo, a charming English antiques dealer. Can she take a chance & follow her own dreams? How far into the future can Madame Christophe see? & could Lise really be falling in love
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Lisnaskea, Newtownbutler & the Upper Erne in 1900 in the Alan Godfrey Edition of historical Ordnance Survey mapping at one inch to one mile. The map covers much of southern Co. Fermanagh, with small sections of Counties Cavan & Monaghan. Most of Upper Lough Erne is covered & coverage stretches from Kinawley eastward to Munnilly House, & from Derryharney southward to Bawnboy. The main settlements are Lisnaskea & Newtown Butler. Other features include stretches of the Ulster Canal, the Great Northern Railway, & the GNR Cavan & Clones Branch; Crom Castle, Lanesborough Lodge. On the reverse we are town plans for Lisnaskea & Newtown Butler, at a scale of 18 inches to the mile & presenting them in detail. The map for Lisnaskea

Includes:: Main Street with houses/shops neatly shown either side, churches, workhouse, Town Hall, Balfour Castle, creamer, with extracts from the town directory. The map for Newtown Butler

Includes:: Court House, railway with station, St Congall`s church, Lurganboy Cottage, etc.* About Alan Godfrey Editions of OS 1” to 1 mile maps of Ireland:* The maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. All the maps include historical notes & all, unless indicated in the individual description, also include a large scale map of a small town or village in the area.



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Gain some perspective on the sizes of countries with this black & white infographic poster shows all the 197 countries of the world laid out methodically in land area size order from largest to smallest. Each country is named in English & the local language. Packed in a poster tube. ...

Little children can hear the sounds of more than 70 musical instruments with these delightfully illustrated sound cards. There are four double-sided cards showing groups of instruments from a cello to a didgeridoo & trombone. Slot a card into the frame, then press the picture of an instrument to hear its sound. ...

A word book that lets you listen to 120 English words, spoken by a native speaker. Simply take one of the 4 cards (each features 16 words on each side) out of the envelope & slot it in as instructed. Press `go` & then press each of the pictures to hear how the word is pronounced. Press `go` & then press each of the pictures to hear how the word is pronounced. For preschool children learning English as either a first or second language. ...

Listen & learn words by pressing the pictures on the cards to hear the words. This looks like a book but it`s actually a clever sound panel that allows children to hear over 120 French words spoken by a native speaker. Simply take one of the Four cards (each features 16 words & pictures on each side) out of the envelope & insert into the slot as instructed. Press `go` & then press a picture to hear how the word is pronounced. ...

Listen & learn words by pressing the pictures on the cards to hear the words. This looks like a book but it`s actually a clever sound panel that allows children to hear 128 German words spoken by a native speaker. Simply take one of the Four cards (each features 16 words & pictures on each side) out of the envelope & insert into the slot as instructed. Press `go` & then press a picture to hear how the word is pronounced. ...

Listen & learn words by pressing the pictures on the cards to hear the words. This looks like a book but it`s actually a clever sound panel that allows children to hear 128 Spanish words spoken by a native speaker. Simply take one of the 4 cards (each features 16 words & pictures on each side) out of the envelope & insert into the slot as instructed. Press `go` & then a picture to hear how the word is pronounced. ...