The Great Western Beach: a memoir of a Cornish childhood between the wars

by Smith, Emma 1923-.

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BookPublisher: Bloomsbury 2008ISBN: 9780747595915; 0747595917.Classification number: 823.914 SMISubject(s): Smith 1923- -- Childhood and youth | Women novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Picnicking | Children -- England -- Cornwall (County) | Great Western Beach (Cornwall, England)Subject: This memoir of a 1923 to 1935 childhood pulsates with life. Newquay - its eccentric residents and exotic holiday-makers, its tennis tournaments and bathing parties, invigorating walks and teas at the Rose Cafe - is the Hallsmith children's entire world - a world observed and remembered in meticulous detail by young Elspeth.

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Book - Adult Hardback	Southport Library	Adult Non-Fiction	823.914 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002616666X
Book - Adult Hardback	Reserve Collection	Adult Non-Fiction	823.914 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		002600476X

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This memoir of a 1923 to 1935 childhood pulsates with life. Newquay - its eccentric residents and exotic holiday-makers, its tennis tournaments and bathing parties, invigorating walks and teas at the Rose Cafe - is the Hallsmith children's entire world - a world observed and remembered in meticulous detail by young Elspeth.

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