Category: History

Cranking it up

25 Years of Edendale Vintage Machinery Club The title of the book might not grab the immediate interest of the average punter but when you realise that this is a history of the popular annual Crank-Up at Edendale, you might…

Killers at Large

Killers at Large, by Nigel Cawthorne (Constable & Robinson, RRP $29.99): The proliferation of cop shows on television makes it clear that we have a fascination with solving mysteries. However, in real life, sometimes the mystery is never solved and the…

Coming-of-age tale

Shipping Out: A Merchant Sailor’s Tale, by Gerry Evans (Sarah Bennett Books, RRP $29.99): Gerry Evans fell in love with the sea growing up in the Welsh seaside town of Aberystwyth and at the age of 16, he joined the British merchant…