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Here you can browse and buy a wide
variety of souvenirs and gifts, the photographs below illustrating the extensive
range available in 'The Cell' shop.
A wide range of pamphlets for visitors and tourists, together with a booking
service for National Express and other travel and accommodation services
are available in the Tourist Information Centre at the opposite end of the
building.
Typical shop stock
includes:
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Books and pamphlets on the history of the
local area, social, military, archeological and political
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Buckingham souvenir chocolates, sweets
and local honey
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Bronnley Soaps (made
locally)
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A good selection of inexpensive children's
toys
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Postcards (postage stamps available) and
pictures of Buckingham and environs
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Quality glassware and pewter souvenir items
of Buckingham
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Video and DVD, 'Exploring
Buckinghamshire'
Plus:
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A special selection of books by,
about or connected with, Flora Thompson, the 'Lark Rise to Candleford'
author, who lived locally and who used Buckingham as her inspiration for
Candleford and who is the subject of a unique permanent exhibition at
the Old Gaol.
CLICK HERE FOR BOOK LIST.
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Remember that folk club you used
to go to (maybe still do)? We now have a range of traditional folk CDs, including
the 2006 reissue of the Albion Band/Keith Dewhurst folk music recording at
the National Theatre production of Flora Thompson's 'Lark Rise
to Candleford' in 1979. Recreate those memories of the unique folk music
of our English countryside, heritage, mores and legends, with one of these
modern CDs.
CLICK HERE FOR CD LIST.
If you have Adobe Acrobat reader installed, you can automatically
download the lists in Adobe PDF format by clicking on the links above. A
copy of Acrobat Reader can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe Website
by clicking
HERE.
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Two new teaching aids for students and schools,
in loose-leaf format, on 'Victorian Buckingham' by Trust Chairman
Pat Brook and 'Roman Buckingham' by Shelagh Lewis
The shop is permanently staffed, 10am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday, by volunteers
from the 'Friends of the Old Gaol Museum of Buckingham'. New volunteers
are always welcome. Please click HERE for further
details.
BUT DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
PUSH OPEN THAT DOOR AND COME IN TO SEE FOR YOURSELF
YOU CAN BE SURE OF A FRIENDLY WELCOME, WHETHER IT'S TO BUY, BROWSE OR JUST
CHAT
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