Where can you find out about local history? What are primary and secondary sources? Which types of places give you clues about the past? This book, History Around You, introduces readers to finding and analysing primary and secondary sources that they might find at home (old letters, toys in the attic, family photographs, etc.), as well as old buildings. cemeteries, shops, factories, and museums in their local communities. Books in the History At Home series introduce young readers to some of the key skills they will need to find out about the past by getting them to think about their own families and local histories.