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SOUVENIRS of your visit to the museum and
Nantwich - such as the Civil War cannon (left) - can be bought from the
small shop area at the desk within the main gallery. Postcards and
stationery items can also be bought here. There are many excellent
books, packed with local information, on sale, such as the ones below.
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is perfectly safe to buy the cannon. It is actually a pencil sharpener!

A RECENT addition to the Museum Shop
shelves, this book looks at the story of salt production throughout the
county from a number
of aspects - the history, the location of the salt works, the workers,
salt tax, etc. There are excellent colour photographs to accompany
Andrew and Annelise Fielding's text. There are also useful appendices,
including a glossary of salt terms, and places to visit to learn more -
including Nantwich Museum, of course. Nantwich's part in the salt story
merits several mentions.
Price: £5.99.


TWO Nantwich videos are available in the
Museum Shop. The first is our own "Ship Ahoy - The raising of the
Nantwich salt ship" which follows the story from the rescuing of the
ship from the Nantwich mud through to its "launch" in the Museum
- including behind-the-scenes footage. 38
minutes, 4:3 ratio, DVD or VHS tape, PAL, colour. £5.95.
THE second is a video tour of St Mary's Parish
Church, including parts of the church not normally seen by visitors. 40
minutes, 4:3 ratio, DVD only, PAL, colour. £6.95.

"Park Road Bowling Club - The First Hundred
Years"
is
the title of this book by Museum Trust member, Derek
Hughes. It follows the story of the club from 1906 to 2006.
The club, on the corner of Park
Road, is on land that was once the site of the Brine Baths Hotel, now a
housing estate. Pictured right are modern day bowlers, from the book.
The price is £2.

"Lost Houses in Nantwich" recalls many
buildings in Nantwich that are no more than a memory to some people.
Using photographs from the Museum and other sources, Andrew Lamberton
and the late Robin Gray have produced a book with 160 pages packed with
long-lost views and specially-written descriptions of the buildings,
together with information about what stands on the site today. The price
is £16.99.
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