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Tales of the old villagers / Brian P. Martin ; [illustrations by John Paley and Robin Wiggins].

Title
Tales of the old villagers / Brian P. Martin ; [illustrations by John Paley and Robin Wiggins].
Author
Martin, Brian P.
Publication
Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 1997.

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Description
191 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
Subject
  • Village communities > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Country life > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century
  • Great Britain > Rural conditions
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
In good service: Margaret Jackson, housemaid, Buckinghamshire -- A fair cop: Frank Perchard, policeman, East Sussex -- Mine Host: John Sibley: publican, Dorset -- Much to his credit: John Gwynne, shopkeeper, Breconshire -- Out of Africa: Alice Murnane, dispensing doctor, County Meath -- Beyond living memory -- Ministering to two flocks : the Reverend Fred Pennington. priest & farmer, Devon -- Much more than rubber stamps: Elizabeth Williams & Joy Johnson, postmistresses, Shropshire & Oxfordshire -- From horseback to helicopter: Joyce Damerell, District nurse & midwife, Devon and Wiltshire -- Leader of the community: John Fairless, schoolmaster, Ayrshire & Peeblesshire -- Beyond living memory -- Living off the fat: Victor Wilson, Butcher, Staffordshire -- A truly helping hand: Will Jones, gardner, Shropshire & Lancashire -- Master of his own muck heap: Peter Pearl, farmer and policeman, Hampshire & Essex.
ISBN
0715303481
OCLC
40818740
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library