Mervyn Linford

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The Willow Pond (eBook, ePUB)

A 1950s Childhood in South East Essex

Beschreibung

Mervyn Linford left the prefabs and bombsites in the East End of London in 1952 and moved to Pitsea in Essex. In those days Pitsea was a typical sleepy marshland village overlooking the saltwater creeks and the Thame's Delta. The proposed New Town was as yet just a twinkle in the planners' eyes and Basildon, such as it was, comprised of just two small estates: Barstable and Whitmore Way. The rest of the surrounding area was no less than a paradise for a young boy newly arrived from the deprivations of a bombed-out city. Apart from the creeks and the marshes his incipient love of nature was increased manifold as and when his newfound horizons extended deep into the farms, the small holdings, the 'plotlands', the orchards, the elm-lined lanes and hawthorn thickets of this as yet unspoiled natural paradise. This story follows the life of one particular boy as he journeys through the 1950s and covers much of South East Essex from Stanford-le-Hope in the west to Canvey Island and Southend-on-Sea in the east.

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Autor

Mervyn Linford was born in 1946. He left Timberlog County Secondary Modern School in Basildon at the age of fifteen and has lost count at over two hundred jobs, including: transport, construction, sales, and the army. He has always had a love of poetry and started to write seriously when he was twenty-seven years old. He has been widely published in magazines, anthologies, and newspapers and has won and been highly commended in a number of poetry competitions such as: first prize in both The John Clare Cup and The Hastings Open. His work has been broadcast on national and local radio and he has had four collections of his poetry published: 'Two Essex Poets' with the late Frederic Vanson, and 'Talking to the Bees' both by The Brentham Press of St Albans; and 'Autumn Manuscript' and 'The Beatitudes of Silence' by The Littoral Press of Southend on Sea. 'The Willow Pond' is his first prose work to be published. The sequel: 'Bullshit and Bootlace-Ties' is finished and ready for print and he has two other works waiting for publication: a lyric novel 'The Weather Man' and a novella, 'The Rise and Fall of Snowy Garden'. He now lives in Southend on Sea where apart from writing both prose and poetry he concerns himself with love, nature, and spiritual matters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Littoral Press
• Seitenzahl: 277
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780957660830
• Artikelnr.: 46160667