Further to Colin's mail below, the Banbury Guardian newspaper has an article on this book & the BHS on this weeks web pages. www.banburytoday.co.uk Thanks Colin for keeping us upto date with Banbury Historical Society news. BW Angela co admin The Banbury Historical Society has just published an new book called 'Banbury past through artists' eyes' to mark its 50th anniversary It includes: * Paintings, drawings, engravings * Only one photograph! * Text mainly quoting from contemporary sources * 128 pages * 200+ illustrations, over 70 in full colour * 10 x 7½ins It is a unique collection of some two hundred paintings, drawings and engravings of Banbury, Oxfordshire's second town, mainly as it was in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. There is not a car to be seen, though modernity does creep in with the sight of an 1850s 'Puffing Billy' at the then recently-erected railway station. More details, including the index of people and places, is to be found at www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/books/banbury-past-through- artists-eyes.htm [thanks to Rosemary]. Cheers, Colin Cohen