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Shop: Books & DVDs

The Visit Braunton shop at the Braunton Museum and Information Centre has a large selection of books, booklets and DVDs for sale.  We have local walking guides, local history booklets, war history DVDs and local interest books. There also is for sale a varied selection of 'Locally made Fabric Craft items' and Hand Knitted Baby garments, Original Paintings of local views, Souvenirs, Cards and Gifts of all sorts. You can purchase any of the items in the shop, by telephone or mail order.  

Please visit us or contact us by email or telephone to place your order: 
Telephone: 01271 816688 Email: brauntonmuseum@yahoo.co.uk
Address: Braunton Museum & Information, Caen Street, Braunton, North Devon, UK, EX33 1AA.

Please click on the pictures for a closer look.

DVD : Boat Stories.

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​A series of ten, short documentaries filmed out on boats along the North Devon Coast.
Lively stories told by the fishermen, skippers, coxwains or crew.

    £ 10.00 plus p&p


DVD : Day's that'll never be seen Again !

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  Tales of Braunton's maritime past with Sam Mitchell and Len Baglole.

Both Sam and Len sailed from Vellator in the last years of its days as a Port. Join them here for an hour of interesting stories.

​   £5.00 plus p&p.


A Dozen Dramatic Walks in Devon

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Walking Guide
12 circular routes
For walkers who like drama,amazing
views and a sense of accomplishment
at the end of the day.

£5.99 plus p&p


Town Walks in Devon

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A collection of 15 circular walks around some of Devon's most interesting towns.
The book provides a wonderful glimpse into the towns of the county and will appeal to visitors and residents alike.

£7.99 plus p&p.


The beauty of North Devon

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These photographs capture the very essence of North Devon.
£4.99 plus p&p

​Currently out of Stock


A Murmer of Surf

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​A book of poetry by Brauntonian; Ray Kidwell.
He grew up with his grandfathers schooner
tied up in the Pill down South Street and the
 sea was in his blood. 

£7.50 plus p&p


Photography around the World.

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​ Local Braunton Photographer and Author James Davis has produced this lovely coffee table book from his extensive travels around the world over the last 5 decades.

 £ 25.00 plus p&p


The Beacon Trail Braunton

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​Starts from Braunton Museum
1.5 miles long
Historic Beacon owned by Braunton Parish
Council.

£1.00 plus p&p


Bronze Age to Bottle Seals

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​This collection of writings and pictures celebrates 50 years of the North Devon Archaeological Society.

Currently out of Stock.
£9.99 plus p&p.

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Braunton

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​Author :- Tina Gaydon.
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A history of Braunton, from the sea faring
mariners to the farming folk who worked the Great Field and lots of fascinating historical facts and characters in-between.

£4.50 plus p&p


Croyde in my Lifetime

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​Author :-  John E Lewis.
The memories of a resident of Croyde, the people he has grown up with and worked with.

£7.99 plus p&p.


HMS Weazle

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​Authors :-  Bob and Ann Brock

To commemorate the tragic loss of all on board when the Weazle was wrecked in February 1799 off Baggy Point, North Devon.
Her story from beginning to end.

£4.95 plus p&p.


The Story of the Dido C

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​Author :- Charmian Astbury.
The story of the last West Country Ketch to be built in Sweden in 1921.

£4.50 plus p&p


The Agnes, The Clara May & The Traly

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​Author :-  Charmian Astbury

Three West County Ketches with a little history.


The Ketch Ceres

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Author  :-  Charmian Astbury

The book tells the tale of one small sailing vessel and her one hundred and twenty five years of trade in and around the shores of the West Country, South Wales and Ireland.

£4.50 plus p&p.


Braunton - Home of the last sailing coasters.

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​Author :-  Robert D'Arcy Andrew

A comprehensive book detailing information of hundreds of vessels which traded from Velator and other ports in the area.
      224 pages,   255 x 193mm.

Now on Offer for just  £5.00 plus p&p.

An Account of the Motor Vessel Eilian.

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​Author :-  Peter R Newcombe.

​The story of one of the last Braunton owned steel trading schooners launched in 1908 by William Thomas & Sons at Amlwch.
This book also covers the career of her master, Jack Newcombe.
        362 pages, 273 x 210mm.
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 On special offer for just £6.00 plus p&p.
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DVD: Spirits of the sand

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This film tells the story of how the troops were trained to assault Hitler's 'Atlantic Wall' and how a small quiet corner of Britain played an important part in shortening the war.

£ 7.99 plus p&p.


DVD: Americans in Normandy Volume 1

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Americans in Normandy 
Volume 1
Spirits of the sand - into Normandy.

These films have been researched, selected and compiled from archive sources and newsreels. Much of it filmed by combat cameramen in the thick of the fighting.
£7.99 ea or the Trilogy for £21.00 plus p&p


DVD: Americans in Normandy Volume 2

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Volume 2
The fight for Normandy.




£7.99 ea or the Trilogy for £21.00 plus p&p



DVD: Americans in Normandy Volume 3

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Americans in Normandy
Volume 3
Breakout and Pursuit





£7.99 ea or the Trilogy for £21.00 plus p&p


Spirits of the Sand

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​Author :- Richard T Bass
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The history of the U.S. Army Assault Training Centre in North Devon.

£10.95 plus p&p.

​Revised Edition.


Spirits of the Sand - Field Edition

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​Author :-  Richard T. Bass

A handy size book to carry with you
when exploring the Braunton Burrows
walking in the American Troops footsteps.

£10.00 plus p&p
​Currently out of Stock


Clear the Way

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​Author :- Richard T Bass.
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The history of the U.S. Army 146th Engineer Combat Battalion.

£10.00 plus p&p.


Exercise Tiger

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   Author :-  Richard T. Bass
​ The D-Day practice landing tragedies                  uncovered.
​    Shortly before the D-Day landings, a practice  on Slapton Sands in Devon was ambushed by E-boats and within minutes hundreds of mainly American soldiers were fighting for their lives in the cold waters of the English Channel.
​     £ 14.95 plus p&p.


Devon D-Day Heritage Trail.

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A World War 2 Heritage Trail of the North Devon Coast.

Richard Bass.
36 pages, many photos and location guide to find all the remaining sites.
  £1.50 plus p&p.

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The Braunton Boys who Went to War

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​Author :-  Frank Raymond Copper.
In remembrance of the men of Braunton
who fought and died in the Great War
1914 to 1918.

£7.50 plus p&p




The Last Boat Home.

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These are the war memoirs of Gil Mock, as told to his son-in-law Robert E Lee.
1940 -Sapper Gilbert Mock, British Expeditionary Force is ordered to blow up a bridge over the river Somme. Why? To buy time for over 300,000 of his comrades to be evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk.

  £4.99 plus p.& p.




A Short Guide to Great Britain.

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  The original leaflet from which this has been taken was found in one of the chalets at the NALGO holiday park in Croyde Bay.
The site had been used by the American forces when they were in North Devon training for the D-Day landings.
The leaflet provides a fascinating glimpse of the life and times of the British during WW2.

​£1.50 plus p&p.


DVD: Memories of the Barnstaple to Ilfracombe Line.

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2 Disc DVD. The DVD includes a brief history of the line from its earliest days to closure in 1970. Together with Then and Now scenes, plus reminiscences of former local railwaymen whose memories bear witness to the challenging nature of the line. This programme pays tribute to one of the Southern Railway's most spectacular lines in the West Country.

£ 18.95 plus p&p. 
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DVD: Croyde Capers and Beyond

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​Author :-  Cecil Parsons.

​Archive film footage featuring local family the Papsons between 1935 and the late 1960's. Filmed in and around the Croyde area.

Currently out of Stock.

£ 7.00 plus p&p.


Georgeham Now and Then 

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​Author :-  V.A. Meek
A must for local historians, interested villagers and visitors alike, the book introduces Georgeham through the ages.

£8.99 plus p&p.


The History of Braunton Bowling Club

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​Complied by :-  Willie Bradford.
The history of Braunton Bowling Club from 1912 to 2011.

£10.00 plus p&p.


The Life & Times of a Knowle Boy.

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Author : Edmund D Fry.
​Memories of a child growing up in Knowle during the second world war. From School days at Caen primary school, Barnstaple boys Grammar School. To employment as a Police Constable in Devon until retirement in 1990.
​      £ 3.00 plus p&p.


Wild Flowers of Braunton Burrows

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Author :-  Mary Breeds.
Braunton Burrows and its surrounding coastline were declared Britain's first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2002.
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£ 3.99 plus p&p.
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West Country Fish Recipes.

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  The waters around the West Country yield a rich harvest of seafood of all kinds.
This little booklet includes 34 recipes.

​        £ 1.50 plus p&p.


VW Campers

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Author :-  Richard Copping.
With its wealth of interesting facts and colourful images, this book is guaranteed to entertain everyone for the casual admirer to the passionate owner.
                                                           £ 4.99 plus p&p.
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local history booklets
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Visit Braunton
The Museum & Information Centre, Caen Street, Braunton, North Devon, UK, EX33 1AA
telephone: 01271 816688 

email: brauntonmuseum@yahoo.co.uk
Charity Commission Number 1174860
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many thanks to:
Justin Beckley Photography
Jon Bowen

Robert Gill Photography
Mark Robinson 
for contributing their beautiful photographs