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For a copy of any of our publications, please send a cheque made payable to 'OHIHS Treasurer' to the following address:-
OHIHS Treasurer, c/o Oxford House Education Centre, Grove Road, Risca NP11 6GN
Please add £2.80 towards post and packing
The Monmouthshire Merlin
compiled by Malcolm Johnson
Real-life stories of Infamy, Industry, Blasphemy, Poetry, Obituary and Miscellany.....
all taken from the dusty pages of the Monmouthshire Merlin as it reported life in the County (and the World) from 1829 to 1850. Malcolm Johnson has gathered this incredible range of snippets and reports from nearly 200 years ago, reading them will make you wonder just how much has life changed over those years.
Price: £3.00
54 pages published by Oxford House Industrial History Society
The Cwmcarn Dam Disaster
by Tony Jukes
Ths excellent account of the infamous Cwmcarn Dam Disaster of 1875 was written by Tony Jukes. This 72 page is illustrated throughout with drawings, photographs and maps. It tells the story of the background to the dam, the fateful day itself, the tragic conclusion and the investigations that followed.
Price: £6.95
published by Danygraig Books, 26 Danygraig, Machen, Caerphilly, CF83 8RF
A Miner's Memories - Crumlin and the Navigation Colliery
by Albert V Clarke
Unforgettable stories of life, both below and above ground in Crumlin and the Navigation Colliery. Albert Clarke was one of the founder members of the Society and Tony Jukes has drawn the stories together in this book, illustrated with many photographs.
Price: £7.95
published by Danygraig Books, 26 Danygraig, Machen, Caerphilly, CF83 8RF
Abercarn Furnace
drawn by Michael Blackmore
From a careful study of the historical records, the society commissioned artist Michael Blackmore to draw the furnace and ironworks as it would have appeared in the 1770s. A copy of a limited edition of 50 of this print, size: 42 x 53 cm, is available direct from the society.
Price: £10.00 + p&p
The Risca Merlin
The Risca Merlin is the Society's periodical journal with up to 26 pages in A5 format, containing short articles produced by OHIHS members.
Price: £1.50 + p&p
Contents of issue No 5, published in Autumn 2015
Britannia Foundry, Risca
Extracts from the Monmouthshire Merlin
Risca's Coptic Church
Watkin George - Untutored Engineer
The Park Forge to Lower Trosnant Aqueduct
Coxe, An Early Traveller
Risca in 1843?
The Good Old Days
A Very Local Chartist Story
A Frightful and Fateful Accident
It's All Old News
Back numbers are also available, see below.
Back to the top
Other Publications
Look Back at Old Bedwas and Trethomas Vol.1 & Vol.2
Derrick Jones, Gordon Maslen and Tony Jukes (OHIHS archivist), of the Bedwas and Trethomas Local History Group, have jointly authored two volumes of 'Look Back at Old Bedwas and Trethomas', the first photographic history of that area, published in hard back by Old Bakehouse Publications of Abertillery.
Price: £15.50 each
Vol.1: 217 illustrations, ISBN 978-1-905967-05-6
Vol.2: 235 illustrations, ISBN 978-1-905967-23-0
www.oldbakehouseprint.co.uk/books
Halls Tramroad
Written by our late member Foster Frowen, the history of Benjamin Hall's tramroad has been published in five parts in 'Archive, The Quarterly Journal for British Industrial and Transport History'(Issues 55, 56, 59, 60 & 66).
Price: £7.50 each
email: info@lightmoor.co.uk
www.lightmoor.co.uk
The Risca Merlin - back issues
The Risca Merlin is the Society's periodical journal with up to 26 pages in A5 format, containing short articles produced by OHIHS members.
Price: £1.50 + p&p
Contents of issue No 2
The Miners Safety Lamp
A View Through The Window
'Trade' Memorial Stones
Why Do We Need A Museum Trust?
Risca's 'Budding' Entrepeneurs
1871: Eastern Valley Superstition
How Do You Know Where To Find The Oldest Part Of A Town Or Village?
Contents of issue No 3
A Sticky Situation
Jemima's Sad Story
Edward Steer - A Forgotton Industrialist
The Story of Nurse Annie Brewer
The Eastern Valley Poor in the 1870s
The Opening of Britannia Foundry, Risca
Quiet Woman's Row
The Blackvein - What, Where and When
Our Columbian Press
Contents of issue No 4
Britannia Foundry, Risca - A Worker's Tale
The Story of Puddler Jim
Where Did the Welsh Go
The Afrtermath of the Prince of Wales Colliery Disaster
Early Risca Roads
The Story of Friar's Field - The Devil's Acre
The Collapse of Risca Viaduct
Colliery Place - A Forgotton Community
The Story of Pontypool Japanware
'Leaky Bridge'
Crumlin's Early Development
Back to the top
© All rights reserved - Oxford House Industrial History Society
The Museum
Friends of the Museum
The Society
Programme
Projects
Publications
Resources
Local History
Photo Archive
Links
Risca Industrial History Museum & OHIHS
OHIHS Publications
available to purchase from the Museum or by post
Search the site here
Society Publications
For a copy of any of our publications, please send a cheque made payable to 'OHIHS Treasurer' to the following address:-
OHIHS Treasurer, c/o Oxford House Education Centre, Grove Road, Risca NP11 6GN
Please add £2.80 towards post and packing
The Monmouthshire Merlin
compiled by Malcolm Johnson
Real-life stories of Infamy, Industry, Blasphemy, Poetry, Obituary and Miscellany.....
all taken from the dusty pages of the Monmouthshire Merlin as it reported life in the County (and the World) from 1829 to 1850. Malcolm Johnson has gathered this incredible range of snippets and reports from nearly 200 years ago, reading them will make you wonder just how much has life changed over those years.
Price: £3.00
54 pages published by Oxford House Industrial History Society
The Cwmcarn Dam Disaster
by Tony Jukes
Ths excellent account of the infamous Cwmcarn Dam Disaster of 1875 was written by Tony Jukes. This 72 page is illustrated throughout with drawings, photographs and maps. It tells the story of the background to the dam, the fateful day itself, the tragic conclusion and the investigations that followed.
Price: £6.95
published by Danygraig Books, 26 Danygraig, Machen, Caerphilly, CF83 8RF
A Miner's Memories - Crumlin and the Navigation Colliery
by Albert V Clarke
Unforgettable stories of life, both below and above ground in Crumlin and the Navigation Colliery. Albert Clarke was one of the founder members of the Society and Tony Jukes has drawn the stories together in this book, illustrated with many photographs.
Price: £7.95
published by Danygraig Books, 26 Danygraig, Machen, Caerphilly, CF83 8RF
Abercarn Furnace
drawn by Michael Blackmore
From a careful study of the historical records, the society commissioned artist Michael Blackmore to draw the furnace and ironworks as it would have appeared in the 1770s. A copy of a limited edition of 50 of this print, size: 42 x 53 cm, is available direct from the society.
Price: £10.00 + p&p
The Risca Merlin
The Risca Merlin is the Society's periodical journal with up to 26 pages in A5 format, containing short articles produced by OHIHS members.
Price: £1.50 + p&p
Contents of issue No 5, published in Autumn 2015
Britannia Foundry, Risca
Extracts from the Monmouthshire Merlin
Risca's Coptic Church
Watkin George - Untutored Engineer
The Park Forge to Lower Trosnant Aqueduct
Coxe, An Early Traveller
Risca in 1843?
The Good Old Days
A Very Local Chartist Story
A Frightful and Fateful Accident
It's All Old News
Back numbers are also available, see below.
Back to the top
Other Publications
Look Back at Old Bedwas and Trethomas Vol.1 & Vol.2
Derrick Jones, Gordon Maslen and Tony Jukes (OHIHS archivist), of the Bedwas and Trethomas Local History Group, have jointly authored two volumes of 'Look Back at Old Bedwas and Trethomas', the first photographic history of that area, published in hard back by Old Bakehouse Publications of Abertillery.
Price: £15.50 each
Vol.1: 217 illustrations, ISBN 978-1-905967-05-6
Vol.2: 235 illustrations, ISBN 978-1-905967-23-0
www.oldbakehouseprint.co.uk/books
Halls Tramroad
Written by our late member Foster Frowen, the history of Benjamin Hall's tramroad has been published in five parts in 'Archive, The Quarterly Journal for British Industrial and Transport History'(Issues 55, 56, 59, 60 & 66).
Price: £7.50 each
email: info@lightmoor.co.uk
www.lightmoor.co.uk
The Risca Merlin - back issues
The Risca Merlin is the Society's periodical journal with up to 26 pages in A5 format, containing short articles produced by OHIHS members.
Price: £1.50 + p&p
Contents of issue No 2
The Miners Safety Lamp
A View Through The Window
'Trade' Memorial Stones
Why Do We Need A Museum Trust?
Risca's 'Budding' Entrepeneurs
1871: Eastern Valley Superstition
How Do You Know Where To Find The Oldest Part Of A Town Or Village?
Contents of issue No 3
A Sticky Situation
Jemima's Sad Story
Edward Steer - A Forgotton Industrialist
The Story of Nurse Annie Brewer
The Eastern Valley Poor in the 1870s
The Opening of Britannia Foundry, Risca
Quiet Woman's Row
The Blackvein - What, Where and When
Our Columbian Press
Contents of issue No 4
Britannia Foundry, Risca - A Worker's Tale
The Story of Puddler Jim
Where Did the Welsh Go
The Afrtermath of the Prince of Wales Colliery Disaster
Early Risca Roads
The Story of Friar's Field - The Devil's Acre
The Collapse of Risca Viaduct
Colliery Place - A Forgotton Community
The Story of Pontypool Japanware
'Leaky Bridge'
Crumlin's Early Development
Back to the top
© All rights reserved - Oxford House Industrial History Society