From Bremridge to Brookside

Published 23rd October 2026

A Life Of Opening Doors - Of Flying Helicopters and Farming; Of Vehicles for Disabled People and Rest Homes; Of Bed & Breakfasts and Websites and Automata.

This is the remarkable story of a life shaped by determination and innovation.

Beginning with a candid account of his 1940s childhood and private education, we follow Robin Adeney’s journey through commercial pilot training at Hamble, conversion to helicopters, and a varied flying career in crop spraying and executive air transport that took him across the UK, Nigeria, Greece and beyond.

Family life eventually prompted a dramatic change of direction, and Robin and his wife, Elizabeth, turned to farming in Dorset, where they brought up their two boys, but where the rewards and challenges of working alongside his father ultimately tested both family ties and ambition.

Never one to stand still, the author describes the thinking and research that led to his

development of pioneering mobility solutions for disabled people, before he and Elizabeth

established two successful residential care homes dedicated to enriching the lives of their residents in Dorset. Then retirement from that venture led to yet another success story, with two VisitBritain 5-star Bed & Breakfasts renowned for their quality and hospitality.

Honest, thoughtful and often inspiring, this is a fascinating account of a life lived to the full—one filled with adventure, enterprise, setbacks, reinvention and the enduring belief that every new challenge offers another opportunity.

ISBN: 9781852002251

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

121 Photos

Length: 303pp

Children of Another Time: Cornish Childhood Memories From Truro in World War II

Childhood memories from the early years of the Second World War are bound together in a unique way within Children of Another Time, as Neville Harcourt Paddy takes us back to Hendra, an area in Truro, Cornwall, nestled beneath the city’s iconic viaduct.

With the arrival of war, everything changed, and the people of Truro took on work to help the war effort, whilst opening their already cramped homes to the evacuees.

Against the backdrop of blackouts, rationing and air raid sirens, for the children, life found its way into the cracks of war’s shadow. The woods and countryside surrounding the city became their magical battleground, where they waged their own fight against the despised Nazi regime, echoing the whispers of their parents’ fears overheard at home.

For these children, the war wasn’t just something happening abroad – it was etched into the fabric of their growing up, a strange blend of fear, resilience, and the unyielding spark of childhood imagination.

Through a distinctive blend of ongoing narratives and standalone stories, Neville intertwines the resilience of childhood innocence with the history and beauty of Hendra. Children of Another Time is a nostalgic tribute to a generation who grew up in the midst of war, finding light in the darkest of times.

ISBN: 9781852002169

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

Length: 298

Saving Lives in Scilly: The Doctor, the Lighthouse Keeper and their Families

This is the story of the author’s two paternal great-great-grandfathers, both of whom spent over forty years helping to save lives on the Isles of Scilly: Edwin Lewis Davis as the keeper of St Agnes Lighthouse and John Grenfell Moyle as the islands’ only doctor. It also follows the mariners, miners, preachers and teachers of the Moyle and Davis families as they become part of the great Cornish diaspora. We accompany them over the seven seas aboard speedy clippers, to the Antipodes during the gold rush, to the industrial north of England, to lighthouses along rugged coastlines and to the war zones of the Crimea peninsula and the Western Front. With them we enter Victorian classrooms, workhouses, prisons and lunatic asylums.

The book is richly illustrated with images of people, places and mementoes, including the paintings of John Grenfell Moyle, who became a renowned West Country artist. Quotations from contemporary writers such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins and Mrs Gaskell help to transport readers into the world inhabited by the author’s forebears and their own. She pays particular attention to the lives of great-grandmothers and great-aunts, which have so often been hidden from history.

Saving Lives in Scilly will appeal to readers with an interest in the sea, the West Country, lighthouses, medicine, the lives of women and in social history. In addition, those keen to explore their family’s past will find inspiration in the author’s journey of discovery.

ISBN: 9781852002176

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

123 Photos

Length: 284pp

Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Final Lap With Mercedes: 2024 - An Unofficial Account

This is a definitive unofficial account of seven-time world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton and his final year with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team before his move to Ferrari.

Carol M. Creasey is already well known by fans of Sir Lewis, following four years writing on the SilverArrows.net website, which is the main unofficial site covering Mercedes F1. In this book she starts with a brief history of Sir Lewis’s career and life, and then records all his races with Mercedes throughout 2024, including his iconic win at the British Grand Prix.

There are details of events within the Formula One paddock and Sir Lewis’s team mates, and Carol shares her support and enthusiasm for the man himself. She intends to give some of the proceeds from this book to Mission 44, the charity Sir Lewis founded, which is set up to build a more inclusive future for young people around the world.

ISBN: 9781852002183

Size: 212×135mm

Binding: paperback

Length: approx 110pp with colour photos

From his early childhood days in St. Ives, Eric had always known he was destined for a life at sea, and he has already told the story of his Merchant Navy cadet training on HMS Worcester in his book Yes, Dad I Want to Go to Sea!

After his training with HMS Worcester, Eric worked as an apprentice with the Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Company, where he gained his Chief Officer’s Certificate. Following this he joined the Palm Line as a Second Officer.

Here he remembers his five years with the Palm Line from 1960 to 1965. During this time he served in fourteen of the company’s ships, ranging from the ageing Ashanti Palm to the more modern Ikeja Palm. These ships crossed the oceans to West Africa and back, with voyages spread between Dakar in the north to Luanda and Lobito in the south, often with sixteen hour working days in the intense tropical heat.

At this time countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone were becoming independent and this often added considerably to the stress and difficulties when loading and off-loading goods in the port docks, and it was Eric’s job to oversee that these operations ran smoothly.

Eric recounts the highs and lows he faced in an honest and engaging way, whether it was facing a ship plagued with rats, establishing a friendly relationship with dock workers, all of whom he always treated as equals regardless of hierarchy, or dealing with captains that bullied and made life difficult and occasionally dangerous.

During his time with the Palm Line Eric married Jill and his first son Ian was born, and Eric recounts how he was always happiest on his return to his hometown of St. Ives in Cornwall to be with his family. So, after a sadly rather fractious experience with the company, and having by then gained his Master Mariner’s Certificate, he left the Palm Line. He then went on to have his second son Jeremy and become captain of the Isles of Scilly ship RMS Queen of the Isles.

ISBN: 9781852002107

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

Photos: TBC

Length: TBC

A Third Dose of Witty Reflections on Modern Life from a Grumpy Old Westcountry Man

Whether considering great issues related to the state of the world or simply the choice between a bath or shower, we can be sure that Ted Sherrell’s unique observations on life always include a good deal of common sense and plenty of humour.

Although being a self-confessed grumpy old cynic, he is not one to believe everything from the past is better; far from it, he revels in the comforts of modern life – so long as he can list them with a Biro and not a keyboard!

Easy to dip into at anytime, these 60 articles are chosen from Ted’s original columns published in newspapers across Devon and East Cornwall.

ISBN: 9781852002077

Size: 212x135m

Illustrated with cartoons

Binding: Paperback

Length: 221pp

Growing up and being educated in Kenya between World War II and Independence might not have been that unusual, but Edwina’s experiences are considerably enlivened by her parents whose unpredictable tactics undoubtedly make this a humorous and engaging account.

Edwina’s parents, Chippy and Jean, never saw any obstacle to their adventures, thereby ensuring that Edwina’s two older sisters witnessed and endured the fall of Hong Kong during the war. The rest of them, three more girls, were in Kenya in time to live through the Mau Mau uprising. But they all survived, in every sense of the word, despite taking part in some truly incredible enterprises, that hardly ever worked, sprung on them by their ever enthusiastic father.

Following military life, the family went on to a canning factory, a fertilizer factory, farming, a country club and a school, with improbable exploits arising from each move and every job taken by their father.

It was a make do and mend way of life that, regardless of the hardships and uncertainties, was often hilarious and served as an education in itself.

ISBN: 9781852002060

Size: 217x140mm

Binding: hardback

35 photos

Length: 339pp

From childhood days growing up on a tough Cornish council estate during the 1960s and ’70s, through to establishing a bespoke Multiple Sclerosis therapy centre in Surrey, John Hambly’s life has been quite a roller-coaster. 

He discovered the strength of teamwork early on by becoming mentally and physically fit playing rugby at senior school, whilst also realising that this was a good way to dispel bullies.  

A career in surveying led him to London; quite a change for a boy from the west country. There were some hilarious and mad escapades as he learnt ‘on the job’, but he was successful in his chosen profession and also in sport, becoming Captain of an aspiring junior London rugby club. Marriage and four daughters also followed along the way.

It is when participating in the London Marathon that the first alarming signs of his physical problems appeared, but only later that Multiple Sclerosis was diagnosed. 

Following two years where his condition seemed to be in free-fall, and realising the great lack of specialist resources in the NHS, John became determined to improve the situation. Over the next 17 years, with help from his ex-teammates, charity trustees, family and friends, millions of pounds were raised to enable the construction and development of the Samson Centre in Guildford; eventually treating up to 200 people a week and offering 10,000 therapy sessions each year.

It is John Hambly’s indomitable spirit and great belief in teamwork that built this charitable foundation – and this is his story. 

ISBN: 9781852001971

Size: 217x140mm 

Binding: hardback 

100+ colour plates and illustrations

Length: 323pp