Two Percent Townsend a portrait of rural life in the Birdlip and Crickley Hill area of the Cotswolds in the 1940s, 50s and beyond
Heftet /
2023
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781915067296
Publisert
2023-09-07
Utgiver
Crumps Barn Studio
Vekt
150 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
118
Forfatter
Biografisk notat
John Townsend lives with his wife Ann in the hills above Cheltenham in rural Gloucestershire. His children and grandchildren live nearby. Born in a hamlet on Cold Slad Lane, John has had a long career in antiques, becoming a popular face at steam and heritage fairs across the country.
'As a child I think we lived on rabbit - boiled, roasted or stewed, it was a staple diet for many families ...'
Birdlip, Cold Slad, Crickey Hill and the Air Balloon Inn: growing up in a hamlet of only six houses, John Townsend's humble childhood is full of hardships and adventures in the rough Cotswold hills.
His youthful talent for uncovering scrap metal is the beginning of a career in antiques - one which will bring its own surprises, including an encounter with a ghost ...
Warm and full of character, this is an invaluable picture of life in rural Gloucestershire in the 1940s, 1950s and beyond
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Birdlip, Cold Slad, Crickey Hill and the Air Balloon Inn: John Townsend's humble childhood is full of hardships and adventures in the rough Cotswold hills. His later career is in antiques. Warm and full of character, this is an invaluable picture of life in rural Gloucestershire in the 1940s, 1950s and beyond
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781915067296
Publisert
2023-09-07
Utgiver
Crumps Barn Studio
Vekt
150 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
118
Forfatter