Country Ways - A Rural Community Through the Centuries (Paperback)

This is a story about the passage of time, from a Norman invasion to a narrowly-avoided German one. It tells of the joys and hardships of life in rural southern England through the seasons and through the centuries. It relates how a family coped with poverty and penury, and how one day in the 1930s a daughter went off to work in a mill. In due course this particular young woman went on to become a lady's maid and eventually a London suburban housewife - and the author's mother. The tale is set in and around the town of Chard in the English West Country, although many of the events described could have taken place almost anywhere in England. The family in the spotlight, the Collins family, were in the main men of the soil and women who toiled at home. Some were miners, made shoes or clay pipes, or repaired machines for the two main local industries, weaving and butter making. The lives of those men and women, and the lives of the community around them in a rural England which is now largely forgotten, are brought vividly and touchingly to life through this well-studied and meticulously-documented tale.

General

Imprint:	Memoirs Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	December 2011
Authors:	Terence Kearey • Chris Newton
Dimensions:	234 x 158 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-908223-53-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-908223-53-7
Barcode:	9781908223531

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