Bøker av Alton Douglas

Alton once again shares humorous and dramatic stories from his life as a professional comedian, TV warm-up artiste, actor, musician and author/co-author of over 50 books. He also includes tales of his time in the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, his interests, his friendships and even a few of his favourite jokes!

Alton Douglas is the best-selling author of over three dozen books on the West Midlands and surrounding areas but, in another life, he was a professional comedian for twenty years. Encouraged by the success of his first humorous book, with more of Clive Hardy's hilarious illustrations, Alton is proud to present "A Load of Nonsense!".

For over 20 years, Alton Douglas was a professional comedian. Digging into the comedic side of his nature he has produced this collection of malfunctioning and thoroughly nonsensical characters. The book is illustrated throughout by Clive Hardy.

Another title in the range of illustrated reviews of the Midlands, Alton Douglas' photographic collection captures Birmingham in its rebuilding phase and its own version of the "Swinging Sixties".

Birmingham's 1001 trades are reflected in this collection of photographs, including large and small factories, retail outlets and city-centre stores.

The 70s were an eventful time for the BBC with the last days of Broad Street, the opening of Pebble Mill and the Corporation's 50th Anniversary. This title intends to represent, as much as possible, the professional and amateur activities.

An illustrated history of Britain's "motor city", Coventry, during World War II.

Produced with the aid of the photographic archives of "The Coventry Evening Telegraph", this new edition of a title which has been out of print for several years, should find a new readership interested in the history of Britain's "Motor City".

With emphasis on fun and entertainment, this title presents a collection of strange happenings that have enriched the author's life. It also includes some of his hilarious comedy 'jottings'.

With a collection of over 300 photographs, this book covers all aspects of life in Shakespeare's home town throughout the 20th century. The book is part of a series of heavily illustrated books on Midland towns by Alton Douglas.

Birmingham's Got Talent! Well, there can't be any question about that - a shopping centre that has always rivalled almost anywhere in existence, a manufacturing industry with a worldwide reputation andtheatres and cinemas in abundance.In this collection we have tried to show that, after the terribleevents of the forties, our city was busy replenishing and starting to flourish again - shops, factories and places of entertainment and, of course, the people. In the fifties shops played an enormous part in our lives as very few people had refrigerators and daily trips were a necessity. Politically the Conservatives held their ground from 1951 until 1964 when Labour came into its own. Musically the Beatles dominated the sixties and television finally burst into colour. So, there you are, in this, our 33rd Birmingham book, there are more wonderful items to enjoy. All proving, once and for all, that Birmingham has ALWAYS had talent!

Birmingham in the Thirties continues to search, mainly in private collections, for items from that decade. Buildings have gone, behaviour, attitude and dress have changed and we have found ourselves much older. The result is a book of 400+ quite rare items of Birmingham in the Thirties.

Cars, that we now know have ceased to be manufactured, travelling along our highways. Factories, that haven't existed for years, were in the 60's proudly standing as if their lives and ours depended on them - and indeed they did. This title features more than 350 images from a decade which began over half-a-century ago.

The fifties was the decade that saw Birmingham getting back to its feet, shaking off the dust and demolition of the war years and slowly getting on with the business of "Life as normal". This title features more than 300 street scenes from Birmingham's past, in which, lots of firms jostle for position with their advertisements.