QueenSpark Books

Daring Hearts: The definitive guide to queer life in 1950s and 60s Brighton - narrated by those who lived it 🏳️‍🌈 Available queensparkbooks.org.uk/downloads/ #BrightonQueerHistory #QueerBrighton #BrightonLGBTQ #GayBrightonHistory #BrightonPride Brighton

A Century of Brighton History Brighton during the First World War told through personal recollections and pictures. A valuable and important source of local history for all those passionate about the city and its historical roots! Availble as an e-book archive.queensparkbooks.org.uk/blighty-bright…

Buy two of our popular titles in a single volume! 👏 Photographs and memories of houses scheduled for demolition during the 1930s, 40s & 50s Available to buy queensparkbooks.org.uk/books-projects… #brightonhistory #brighton #eastsussex #brightonandhove

Brighton Bound – Out Now! 100 years of migration in Brighton! Capturing the lives that shaped our city. Get your copy today - queensparkbooks.org.uk/brighton-bound… #BrightonBound #MigrationStories #QueenSparkBooks #HopefulSolidarities #LocalVoices

A Century of Brighton History: From Our Archive “Our Dad bought a loaf of bread for Uncle Charlie's children... and Father wept.” Explore family and kindness in 1920s Brighton with Sid Manville’s Our Small Corner. 🏡 📖 Read here: rebrand.ly/QueenSparkArch… #BrightonHistory

Brighton Trans*Formed 🏳️‍⚧️ In their own words: the lives and experiences of Brighton & Hove's Transgender community. Available queensparkbooks.org.uk/books-projects… #transpridebrighton #transbrighton #brightontranspride #transgenderpride #transvisibility #translivesmatter #brightonhistory

A Century of Brighton History: Graphic War Brighton’s WWI stories - from Indian soldiers at the Pavilion to suffragettes & rationing. A unique graphic novel featuring work by young artists & a cover by Chris Riddell Get your ebook here queensparkbooks.org.uk/books-projects…

Brighton's Seaside Stories: a fascinating history of Brighton seafront told by Brighton People 🌊 Available to buy via bookshop queensparkbooks.org.uk/books-projects… #brightonseafront #brightonandhovebeach #brightonpierandbeach #beachbrighton #brightononthebeach

🎩A Century of Brighton History: Working in Brighton shops "One customer bought the priciest hat for her husband’s funeral, saying, “He gave me a bloody awful life, so I’m giving him a bloody good send-off!” 🔗 Read for free: rebrand.ly/QueenSparkArch… #LifeInRetail

Journey through the 20th century with QueenSpark Books! Explore our FREE archive books - a fascinating window into Brighton's rich heritage throughout the 20th century. archive.queensparkbooks.org.uk #BrightonHistory #QueenSparkBooks

A Century of Brighton History In the 1930s, every respectable Brighton woman wore a hat. Marjorie's memoir shares the stories behind Brighton’s hat culture Explore the world of millinery free from our archive: rebrand.ly/QueenSparkArch… #BrightonHistory

Brighton helped Alice to be her true self. Brighton Trans*Formed 🏳️‍⚧️ available to buy queensparkbooks.org.uk/books-projects…

Learn about Brighton's war years from those who lived through them in: Brighton Behind the Front 🌹 Available to buy here: amazon.co.uk/stores/QueenSp… #books#brightonhistory#brightoncommunity##hove#

A Century of Brighton History "Owing to the war, everything was scarce and expensive...We only had one camp chair in the living room, and took it in turns to sit in it" Born in 1916, Margaret Ward's recalls a life in Rottingdean From our archive archive.queensparkbooks.org.uk

A Century of Brighton History:A Century of Hove Memories "The lavatory was out in the backyard separated from our neighbour by a thin wall....at times it was quite tuneful." Ernie Mason's - A Working Man Start exploring QueenSpark books archive - archive.queensparkbooks.org.uk/a-working-man/

A Century of Brighton History: From Our Archive A memoir of a life in service in the 1920s. Visit our extensive archive. @QSBooks - community publishing since 1972. Available as a PDF queensparkbooks.org.uk/books-projects… #BrightonHistory

We've been telling the stories of ordinary Brightonians for more than 50 years - because they matter 👏 Gerrard's Court 1920s as featured in our book 'Backyard Brighton.' 📸: Brighton & Hove Museums #brightonhistory #brighton #eastsussex #brightonandhove #sussexbythesea

Oxford Court, Brighton, in the 1930s before it was demolished after being deemed unfit for habitation. 📸: Brighton & Hove Museums #brightonhistory #brighton #sussex #eastsussex #brightonandhove #brightonlife #sussexlife #sussexbythesea

A Century of Brighton History:A Century of Hove Memories "The lavatory was out in the backyard separated from our neighbour by a thin wall....at times it was quite tuneful." Ernie Mason's - A Working Man Start exploring QueenSpark books archive - archive.queensparkbooks.org.uk/a-working-man/

In the 1890s there was a lively fish market on Brighton seafront 🎣 📸: Brighton & Hove Museum #brightonseafront #brightonandhovebeach #brightonpierandbeach #beachbrighton #brightononthebeach #brightonbeachlife