Predannack Down, as an operational air defence station, was transformed from a simple landing strip to a huge operational centre in a very short time. The battle was not just with the enemy but also with the weather, the location, and the supply ministries.
Images from this fascinating booklet can be
seen opposite.
Price £5.00 plus p+p at £1.20 Discount available for orders in excess of 10 copies.
Roaring Meg
Test firing a copy of Colonel Birch's civil war mortar.
This book and DVD (a sample of which is shown below), chart the history of this famous siege mortar, and using a full size working replica, demonstrate the impressive power of this weapon for the first time in 360 years.
Price £12.95 plus p+p at £2.00. Discount available for orders in excess of 10 copies.
A walk around the fortifications and artillery of Garrison Hill, (The Hugh), St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
Price £3.50 plus p+p at £1.20 Discount available for orders in excess of 10 copies.
Books
Navy and Army vol I 1896
Navy and Army vol II 1896
Navy and Army vol III1896/7
Navy and Army vol V 1897/8
Navy and Army vol XII 1901
Navy and Army vol XIII 1901/2
£100
£100
£100
£100
£100
£100
Infantry Training vol 1 No.6B GPMG 1968
£15
Infantry Training vol 1 No.6A GPMG 1966
£15
Infantry Training vol 11 No.21 heavy/mortar 1968
£20
Infantry Training vol 1 No.9 3.5” rocket 1968
£15
Infantry Training vol 1 No.10 sniping 1951
£20
Infantry Training vol 1 No.4 sub-machine 1955
£15
Infantry Training vol 1 No.3B 7.62 self-loading 1965
£20
Infantry Training vol 1 No.2 Fieldcraft 1954
£15
Infantry Training vol 1 No.12 fire-control 1949
£15
Infantry Training vol 1 No.1 General instructions 1961
£10
Infantry Training vol 1 No.7 Grenades 1964
£15
Infantry Training vol 1 No.9 84mm AT 1967
£15
Schedule of Prices Works and Repair buildings WD 1925
£20
The Woolwich Mess, Burne A.H. Aldershot 1954
£10
Front Line 1940-1 poor covers
£5
RAMC Training 1935
£20
Atlas of Gas Poisoning 1938
Anti Gas Training 1938
£15
LDV Training Instruction 2 1940 (Training)
£5
LDV Training Instruction 4 1940 (Training)
£5
LDV Training Instruction 8 1940 (Tanks)
£5
Food…and poison gas, 1940
£10
The Service Rifle…plus leaflets - Gale and Polden
£40
Battle of the Narrow Seas, Scott P., Country Life 1945
£60
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Field Service Pocket Book, approx 13 inserts – 1939-43
£110
Living in the Jungle
£15
Discharge Army Book 111 RADC/DCA NAT SERVICE
£5
Soldier’s release Class “A” Aldershot
£5
Certificate of Service B.108D
£5
WD driving permit
£5
Monthly Settlements, Accounts, Royal Horse Guards, 1868
£50
National Service, 1939
£15
Royal Marines,1944
£15
Catalogue Naval and Military Exhibition. 1889
£25
Drill all arms 1951
£20
Personal Protection against Gas, 1938
£20
Royal Warrant pay and promotion 1893
£25
Small Arms Manual, Barlow J.A. 1942(1953)
£30
Medical Treatment of Gas Casualties, 1937
£20
The Duties of Air Raid Wardens1938
£15
Roof Over Britain, 1943
£20
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence 1946
£20
Forty Years of the Spitfire, RAS, 1976
£40
Manual of Map Reading, Photo Reading etc..1929
£50
British Military Uniforms, Carman W.Y., 1957
£20
How the RAF Works, Narracott A.H.
£30
Allied signal manual 1918
£25
Cavalry Training, 1912(1915)
£50
Comrades in Arms, 1942 Three Talks to junior officers
Predannack Down, as an operational air defence station, was transformed from a simple landing strip to a huge operational centre in a very short time. The battle was not just with the enemy but also with the weather, the location, and the supply ministries.
This book and DVD (a sample of which is shown below), chart the history of this famous siege mortar, and using a full size working replica, demonstrate the impressive power of this weapon for the first time in 360 years. 
A walk around the fortifications and artillery of Garrison Hill, (The Hugh), St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
