Books for sale

The books listed below are £1 each. Postage and Packing is £1.50.

To order any of these items email library@plymouth.gov.uk or telephone 01752 305909.

Jobs for the Boys? Stories of local men and work
ISBN: 0904788180
Paperback 108 pages

Testimonies from 33 men who worked in the Devonport Dockyard. This illustrated book records their memories of working life in the yard and how that changed throughout the twentieth century.

Jobs for the Girls? Stories of local women and work
ISBN: 0904788172
Paperback 72 pages

The words of women who worked in Plymouth during the twentieth century. This illustrated book describes typical work pre- the Second World War, and the impact that the war had on women's employment, both during 1939-45 and afterwards.

No Place Field: Royal Naval Memorial Garden, Plymouth
ISBN: 0904788199
Paperback 36 pages

An illustrated history of No Place Field, burial ground of the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, from 1824 to 1898. Includes names and details of those recorded on memorial stones.

Devonport Resource Directory
ISBN: 0904788202
Paperback 72 pages

A comprehensive directory of documents about Devonport and the dockyard held in Plymouth and elsewhere in the United Kingdom.