Another Kind of Magic

In this sequel to 'A Kind of Magic', Mollie Harris describes her journeys on foot and by bicycle over the hills and through the villages of the Cotswolds, and recounts the hilarious country tales she was told by the people she met. In these anecdotes the local characters spring vividly to life: Mark the shepherd with his thousand sheep, Charlie "Douser" the fireman, Old Jack the gardener and many others. Through her extensive knowledge of the area, Mollie Harris is able to evoke many facets of the Cotswold way of life. She also includes recipes in her book for local delights such as gingerbread, raspberry preserve and elderflower champagne. This collection of anecdotes and country lore will entertain and captivate all those who cherish the countryside of England.

MOLLIE HARRIS

Biographies & Memoirs

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From Cottage to Palace (Reminiscence)

Bramford, Margaret

Leaders & Notable People

Still Life: Sketches from a Tunbridge Wells Childhood

Still Life

Cobb, Richard

Strathalder is a wonderful evocation of life on a Scottish country estate from the 1920s to the 1970s. "I was born and raised on a Scottish country estate where my father was a gamekeeper and my mother tended our home set in the heart of woodland close to the banks of a turbulent river. As a boy I was fortunate to have the freedom of thousands of acres in which to roam." Based on hundreds of interviews from gamekeepers to housekeepers, Roderick Grant creates a poignant and candid picture of a way of life, which still survives in modern times. In addition to the harshness of work on the farms and transformation of the estate into a commercial business he discovered much about the people - their relationships with each other and those they worked for, and also their loyalties and disloyalties.

Strathalder

Reference

GRANT, Roderick

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Out With Romany Again

Science & Math

Evens, G.bramwell

Nature & Ecology

<p>"One Saturday night when the alehouse was busy, we hopped over the yard wall, gathered a few pop bottles from the bottom crates and over the next few days handed them back to an unsuspecting landlord for money." Ted Dakin's third memoir is filled with more tales of his childhood in Wigan. In "Return to Wigan Pier" Ted also compares today's weather with winters past, housing then and now, gambling habits, the recession and even the habit of Church goers. On a more personal note Ted also shares tales of games of spin the bottle and grief in the community, which led to wrestling lessons in the name of helping a close friend.</p>

Return To Wigan Pier

Dakin, Ted

A 1950s Childhood

Feeney, Paul

"We fought with bayonets and, in unarmed combat, learned how to kill someone in seven seconds. An instructor demonstrated, using me as the victim. I vividly remember falling to the ground with a grey film across my eyes and in great pain." At the age of 17, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from Repton school to join Churchill's new elite special force, the Royal Marine Commandos. He was the youngest member of the youngest commando force and after three months found himself fighting on the beaches of Normandy. From his best friend's arrest for swearing at the Queen of Holland, a concerted attempt to kill a sergeant major, and his own time in a military prison, McAlpine paints a fascinating picture of commando life.

We Died With Our Boots Clean

McAlpine, Kenneth

This is the story of Elizabeth and Alan West. She was a typist. He was a mechanic. One day they did what many people spend a lifetime of dreaming doing - they took to the hills. Hovel in the Hills is the story of the first nine years of their new life in a semi-derelict farmhouse overlooking Snowdonia. It is an engaging tale that speaks of the pleasures and dilemmas of opting out of the "rat race".

Hovel in the Hills : An Account of "The Simple Life"

West, Elizabeth

Arts & Literature

Real ale, log fires, low beamed ceilings, and a good dose of village gossip.... Brian P. Martin has traveled all over the country to meet some great characters, including Britian's oldes landlady, a lifetime teetotaller who served drinks until she was ninety-nine; the customer who regularly sank eighteen pints; the landlord who hung a yellow duster out of his window to warn salmon fisherman that the bailiff was coming. From the smallest pub in the country to the "pub with no name", here is a record of richness as experienced by some of our most colorful publicans -- and their customers!

Tales from the Country pub

Martin, Brian P.

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