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Product Identifiers
PublisherCreateSpace
ISBN-101466213248
ISBN-139781466213241
eBay Product ID (ePID)109620198
Product Key Features
Book TitlePulled by Horses : a Memoir of Metfield, Suffolk in the 1930s
Number of Pages26 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicCultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, Sociology / Rural
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorEvelyn Whiting
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight2.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisIn the Metfield of the 1930s you could do all of your shopping without leaving the village, have a choice of pubs and 'spend happy evenings helping to dig potatoes and listening to the old boys.' If this sounds too idyllic to be true, Evelyn Whiting's charming memoir of growing up in this Suffolk community is quick to remind us that making a living from the land was hard and tedious work in those days. There was no electricity and water came from the sky, or from the pond.In this fascinating little book, Evelyn's recollection is sharp and her narrative voice is clear. As readers we draw near - perhaps, as it were, by the fire in the Red Lion or the Old Duke William - to hear her retell her stories of the Metfield characters she remembers so well, and recall a way of life that most of us have never known.
