The Only Way Was Essex: Tough Times and simple pleasures: growing up in an Essex village in the 1920s - Brossura

Mays, Spike

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349138796 ISBN 13: 9780349138794

Casa editrice: Abacus, 2013

Riassunto

In a remote corner of rural Essex, when ploughs were drawn by heavy horses and children walked shoeless to school, young Spike Mays lived with his family in a two-up, two-down cottage, where there was no electricity, no bathroom, no running water and just a shared privy in the back yard. Beset by poverty, this was an England in the shadow of the Great War.

In this bittersweet memoir Mays recreates the village, its travelling parson, local poacher and even the local drunkard. And in the bustling backstairs world of the squire's house where Spike served his apprenticeship we see a more privileged side to life. This warm and nostalgic portrait of a very different Essex opens a door to a distant past.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

A charming, nostalgic memoir about a bygone way of life, growing up in the Essex countryside during the early part of the last century.

L'autore:

Spike Mays wrote several other memoirs detailing his life in Essex.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0349138796
• ISBN 13: 9780349138794
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320