Gerald Ponting -
writer, publisher, photographer, lecturer,
based in central southern England
Millers Dale Publications -
titles in print
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SCENES FROM A HAMPSHIRE CHILDHOOD
by Gerald Ponting, 2004
ISBN 095174236, 212 x 151 mm, paperback
160 pages, 260 photographs, £6.95
Growing up in the Hampshire countryside in the 1940s and 1950s, fully illustrated
THE CHANDLER’S FORD STORY
by Barbara Hillier and Gerald Ponting, 2005 ISBN 095174237X, 242 x 170 mm, paperback
176 pages, 200+ illustrations, £9.99
ROMSEY YESTERDAY AND TODAY
by Barbara Burbridge and Gerald Ponting, 1999
ISBN : 0 9517423 4 5, A5 landscape, paperback
96 pages, 84 photographs, £5.95
This book contains a collection of old photographs of Romsey, each matched with a specially taken modern view of the same scene.
The four booklets (below) are not in bookshops, but are directly sold to the public, mostly in connection with my slide presentations of the same titles.
NANCY THRING’S COUNTRY DIARY
A5, 52 pages, £3.50
This is a complete transcription of a diary kept by a young lady in Oxford in 1923. Each day’s entry consists of a few lines of poetry selected to represent the changing seasons in the countryside. An introduction outlines the discovery of the diary and gives a brief biography of Nancy.
GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES (Prehistoric Stone Circles) A5, 56 pages, £3.50
Stonehenge is not alone! Over 1000 other stone circles are known . On a ‘circular tour’ of Great Britain, we learn some of the known archaeological facts as well as some of the many legends associated with these evocative remains.
A KINGCUP BY ANY OTHER NAME .....
A5, 36 pages, £3.00
The theme of this book is the origins of the names of the wild flowers of the English countryside - for example : how is the name ‘scabious’ related to scabies ? - why is Town Hall Clock so called ?
TWENTY-FIVE CENTURIES OF HAMPSHIRE
A5, 32 pages, £2.50
From the Iron Age to the Twentieth Century, historic sites in Hampshire are chosen which represent the period in some way. A Gazetteer gives information on location, opening hours, etc. of each site.
