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Alan Roberts is the author of a number of books on the local history of Buxton and the surrounding area . While working as a research scientist at Harpur Hill, Alan became interested in landscape history and roamed the hills surrounding Buxton in his spare time, looking for clues to past events. He has written books on this theme, covering coal mines, quarries, turnpike roads and water mills - all key elements in the development of the town of Buxton. . David Roberts graduated in History from the University of Lancaster before becoming sidetracked into a career in International Taxation and moving to Italy. David's research interests include miltary history ( especially the 60th Regiment of Foot) , the history of Milan, Ernest Hemingway and Italian football history. While out on one of his rambles, Alan unearthed the story of two long forgotten Prisoner of War Camps , near Buxton and started to research the history. David came on board to add some more general historical background and generally help out on proceedings, Alan and David established Roberts Publications to publish "Breaking Stones - Two World War One Prisoner of War Camps near Buxton, Derbyshire, 1917-1919" and also to reissue some of Alan's previously out of print publications. David is working on two new books bringing on First World War connections between Buxton and Northern Italy and the influence of Hungarian footballers in Itaky between the wars. While Alan and David established Roberts Publications to publish and (hopefully) sell their own works, they are more than happy to consider works by any other history buffs with similarly obscure interests.

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Missing from the War Memorial by David Roberts

David Roberts looks at a Buxton College Casualty missing from the College War memorial

Book Review: " Some Corner of a Foreign Field" by Janet Kinrade Dethick.

David Roberts reviews Some Corner of a Foreign Field by Janet Kinrade Dethick

Arpad Weisz revisited by David Roberts

A walk around the Stolpersteine of Milan by David Roberts

David Roberts takes a walk round some undiscovered parts of Milan on the track of Stolpersteine

Buxton College Boy who became Britain’s first elected Communist MP(who might have met Lenin ?)- by David Roberts

The Lost Banks of Buxton by David Roberts

With the recently announced closure of the National Westminster Bank in Buxton, David Roberts takes a look at the ups and downs of Buxton's Banks

Back to the Mitropa Cup of 1935

A look back at European Football Club competition in the 1930s and the Mitropa Cup of 1935

István Tóth-Potya - Forgotten Inter manager starts to get some recognition

In February 2019, I published an article on two Hungarian football managers István Tóth-Potya and Géza Kértesz who worked in 1930s Italy. Since then, there have been some developments in the story of István Tóth-Potya. so here is an update together with the original article.

Peter Edward Glaser -Taking Buxton College to the Moon by David Roberts

Peter Edward Glaser did not actually go the Moon, but he was a project manager for NASA – getting a large scientific device on to the surface of the Moon, getting it to work and by all accounts it still working today

Buxton Pubs by Julian Cohen- reviewed by David Roberts

A great new book about Buxton's current and some sadly missed inns, alehouses, taverns, pubs and bars

Kostas Georgakis- Genoa 19th September by David Roberts

Kosta Georgakis was born in Corfu on 28 August 1948 in act of desperation and supreme self-sacrifice. he set himself ablaze in the piazza Mateotti in Genoa on 19 September 1970, in protest against the repprssive regime of the Greek Colonels. shouting, "Long Live Greece", "Down with the tyrants", "Down with the fascist colonels" and "I did it for my Greece." he died nine hours later.

England Vs Italy - the Pre-War matches - by David Roberts

England first played Itay in an international football match in 1933, as the international climate worsened , they played two more matches - the Battle of Highbury in 1934 and one final match in Milan in May 1939.