Granny's Village: Memories Of The Yorkshire Dales In The 1880s by Roger Mason

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What is it about Yorkshire that produces such a rich vein of memories and memoirs? GRANNY'S VILLAGE is a charming account of the village of Thornton in the Yorkshire Dales in the e arly 20th century, based on the recollections of the author's grandmother. Roger Mason has drawn a faithful picture of the life and times not only of his grandparents, but also of a village and its inhabitants. He deftly and lovingly summons up the ghosts, mill-girls, postmen, wheelwrights, rectors; the village fete; the spread of industry and the changes in rural life and farming. Serialized on Radio 4. This 1978 Futura Pubns. Paperback is in good condition. Fading on spine, pages beginning to tan. ISBN: 9780708814550 SKU: 1577703 This image is of the actual book. Show more