Helen Ebrey

Myddle: The Life and Times of a Shropshire Farmworker's Daughter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Merlin Unwin Books
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 148mm x 295mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9781910723289
• ISBN-10: 1910723282
• Artikelnr.: 44976212

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements iii

Historical context iv

1 A Twentieth Century Village Childhood 1

2 Childhood Fun and Games 10

3 The Great War 17

4 A Rather Scant Education 23

5 The Village Fiddler and Rare Parties 33

6 Poaching 41

7 The Village Pump 43

8 The Oddfellows Club and the Ellesmere Workhouse 47

9 Ordering the Estate 50

10 The Mole-Catcher's Daughter 62

11 The Queen and the Gentry 67

12 Granny Ebrey of the Gullet 71

13 Our Postman/Cobbler/Sexton/Clerk 76

14 Aunt Ethel 82

15 Aunt Annie 85

16 Beatrice (who died in infancy), Mary (who died young), Tom (who died scything) and others 87

17 'Gipsy' Baker's Merrington Mission 96

18 Jessie's House in the Rock, and Webscott 107

19The Old Trades: Blacksmith, Carrier, Saddler, Tree-Feller, Farrier and Wheelwright 115

20 The Village Postmistress/Seamstress 125

21 Younger Sister Dorothy 127

22 How World War II Affected Us All 131

23 My First Job 136

24 Mr Hamilton the Vet at Baschurch 146

25 Leaving 149

Postscript