Village Christmas and other notes on the English year /
by Lee, Laurie.
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Classics, 2016Description: 160 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780241243671 (pbk.) :; 024124367X (pbk.) :.Classification number: 942.417 LEESubject(s): Lee, Laurie -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Cotswold Hills | History | History | Cotswold Hills (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centurySummary: Laurie Lee left his childhood home in the Cotswolds when he was 19, but it remained with him throughout his life until, many years later, he returned for good. This collection brings to life the sights, sounds, landscapes and traditions of his home - from centuries-old May Day rituals to his own patch of garden, and from carol singing in crunching snow to pub conversations and songs. Here too he writes about the mysteries of love, living in wartime Chelsea, Winston Churchill's wintry funeral and his battle, in old age, to save his beloved Slad Valley from developers. Told with a warm sense of humour and a powerful sense of history, this work brings us a picture of a vanished world.
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| 942.3708 TAN A cat in the window | 942.417 TAY A horse in the bathroom: how an old stable became our dream village home | 942.447 MUL Madresfield: the real Brideshead | 942.457 LEE Village Christmas and other notes on the English year / | 942.496 VIN Second city : Birmingham and the forging of modern Britain / | 942.5108 DUN Around the village green: | 942.5408 BAI The secret rooms |
Laurie Lee left his childhood home in the Cotswolds when he was 19, but it remained with him throughout his life until, many years later, he returned for good. This collection brings to life the sights, sounds, landscapes and traditions of his home - from centuries-old May Day rituals to his own patch of garden, and from carol singing in crunching snow to pub conversations and songs. Here too he writes about the mysteries of love, living in wartime Chelsea, Winston Churchill's wintry funeral and his battle, in old age, to save his beloved Slad Valley from developers. Told with a warm sense of humour and a powerful sense of history, this work brings us a picture of a vanished world.
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