Books about Kentish History
As the gateway to Europe — or from Europe to the UK, depending on your perspective — Kent is a county full of fascinating history. We have published several books looking into different facets of this 'Garden of England' throughout the ages.
Margate
Margate was once a bustling resort for daytrippers from London — indeed some say it is destined to achieve this again. With prosperity often comes a seedy underbelly, and two books look at this from alternative angles: one giving great detail into the police force and their 'clients', the other a lavishly illustrated humorous fable about the perils of a trip down from London…
Watch and Ward
A History of Margate Borough Police 1858 to 1943
Misadventures at Margate
a.k.a. A Legend of Jarvis's Jetty
Hoodening
Hoodening is an old custom unique to East Kent, indeed almost unique to the village where Ozaru Books is based, St Nicholas-at-Wade. The classic 1909 work by Maylam is here republished with comprehensive annotations by a current Hoodener, while George Frampton's reexamination sheds light on many aspects missed by the original author.
The Hooden Horse of East Kent
by Percy Maylam: annotated edition
Discordant Comicals
The Hooden Horse of East Kent
Animal Guising and the Kentish Hooden Horse
Stephen & Shirley Channing
Stephen and Shirley Channing have written three books about the history of Kent — Margate in particular — and one more general one expanding on the theme of cycling's origins.
Turner's Margate Through Contemporary Eyes
The Viney Letters
The Margate Tales
A Victorian Cyclist
Rambling through Kent in 1886
Bicycle Beginnings
The Advent of the Bicycle or Velocipede… and what people of the 19th century were really saying about it
Curling Wisps & Whispers of History
Family histories can be dull for those not in the family concerned… unless the family has had a history as exciting as the Curlings!
Vol. 1: Thanet to Tasmania
Vol. 2: Kent to Kefalonia
(Volume 3 already in preparation.)