A Tribute to Rigby Road Works Blackpool, Volume One; 1922-1954, by John Woodman £39.00 Hardack

This lavishly illustrated limited edition is a personal refletion on a unique transport enterprise, still under public ownership. Volume Two is intended for release in spring 2009 and will cover the period from 1955 to 2009.

The Freckleton Tragedy, 1944, by Joyce Turner £6.00 Paperback

It is late summer 1944 and looking like the Second World War is drawing to an end. In Freckleton's village school, 176 children are on their second day of the new term. Across the road, a cafe is serving bacon and eggs to servicemen from the nearby RAF and American airbases at Kirkham and Warton. Up in the air, a violent storm is blowing in from the sea. Two American B-24 bombers are being tested. One of them flies North to escape the storm; the other with a 3-man crew, is so affected that its instruements are thrown into disarray. Attempting to land the pilot crashes into the cafe and the school. The crash and the accompanying fire kill the crew, occupants of the cafe, thirty-eight of the infant class and two teachers. Sixty-one lives were lost in total. Almost sixty years on, Joyce Turner tells the story of the tragedy for the first time.

King Edward VII School, Lytham - The School by the Sea, by Michael Boddy £19.95 Hardback

The romantic story of King Edward School is traced from nearly two centuries before it was built through to the present day, and the recently built multi-million pound extensions. Along the way, the book records the incredibly wise financial decisions of the earliest pioneers, the long-gone public floggings, the heavy toll of the two World Wars, the talented sportsmen, and learning to swim amongst the water-rats at Fairhaven Lake! Published to celebrate the school's centenary in 2008 this lovely book is a must for all old boys and those interested in the history of this fine school.

The Listed Buildings of Lytham St Annes - Lytham St Annes Civic Society £11.99 Paperback

Produced by the Civic Society this delightful book has over 200 colour photographs and features buildings recorded by English Heritage as of special architectural or historic interest. Full of fascinating historical detail it includes the Windmill and Lytham Hall, plus a section suggesting buildings which really should be listed.