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A Gravedigger's Churchyard Tales is the third and final installment in Ian's Grave-tales series. From comical graveyard antics to a close encounter with death, this book tells stories from Ian's 41-year career as a gravedigger, including the intriguing exhumation of three Polish airmen, the preparation of his father's grave, and the three-decade-long mystery of a missing antique.

A Gravedigger's tales is a fascinating look into the life of a village gravedigger, and the trials and tribulations that frequently beset this intriguing, but little known profession. In this, the author's second book he recalls digging out the wrong grave to working in a somewhat spooky churchyard. From a Halloween prank that terrified a colleague to embarrassing cock-ups and a floating coffin. About the author Ian lives with his wife Aliso...

After the death of my wife Alison in July 2019, I decided to handpick and publish a collection of my poetry and prose. Gathering together faded pencil-written verses and rediscovering older forgotten works was a joy and, if I'm honest, probably saved me from imploding. The majority of the work included here relates to daft husband-and-wife banter. From self-mocking humour and daft comical incidents, to silly, embarrassing misfortunes - it's a...

Ian Shipley has been traditionally hand-digging graves for 40 years. In this, the author's first book, he recounts true tales of when coffins get stuck, exhumations, practical jokes and various other ghostly goings-on.

During the mid-1970s and early 1980's Newark-on-Trent was primarily home to heavy-rock and club-circuit covers bands. Then came punk: unruly street kids with little to no musical ability who, much to the annoyance of many, proceeded to assault the eardrums as they unashamedly belted out their own brand of alternative noise. It was 1979: punk and all its ugliness had finally arrived in Newark-on-Trent. 34 years on: forgotten bands, unheard dem...