TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lee,Laurie
TI  - Village Christmas and other notes on the English year
SN  - 9780241243671 (pbk.) :
AV  - DA670.C83 
U1  - 942.417 LEE 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Classics
KW  - Lee, Laurie
KW  - History
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Cotswold Hills (England)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
N2  - 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
ER  -