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Telling Tales - A Patchwork of Village People

Angela Cousins

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Description:During 2011 over seventy residents of East and West Hanney Talked to the author about themselves, their work, their interests and, most importantly, their thoughts on what it means to be part of a village community."Telling Tales - A Patchwork of Village People", is a snapshot of the villages of East and West Hanney, near Wantage in Oxfordshire. As a resource for future historians, it will be gold-dust. Profiles are divided anthropologically into Native Villagers, Pioneers, Settlers, Newcomers and Recent Arrivals. Some reflect on the loss of simpler bygone days of shire horses, drawing water from the well and taking down the galvanised bath tub off the wall once a week...Others, lamenting the Hanneys become commuter villages, realise the need to evolve while working tirelessly to maintain a community shop and post office...This book may not be unique, but it has certainly set the bar high as material for future scholars examining English life in the early 21st century. - Oxford TimesWhile this is a book of local interest, it may also appeal to those wishing to find out about how one modern-day community works and plays together and considers its past, present and future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Telling Tales - A Patchwork of Village People. To get started finding Telling Tales - A Patchwork of Village People, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 300

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Lulu

Release: 2011

ISBN: 1470904756

Description: During 2011 over seventy residents of East and West Hanney Talked to the author about themselves, their work, their interests and, most importantly, their thoughts on what it means to be part of a village community."Telling Tales - A Patchwork of Village People", is a snapshot of the villages of East and West Hanney, near Wantage in Oxfordshire. As a resource for future historians, it will be gold-dust. Profiles are divided anthropologically into Native Villagers, Pioneers, Settlers, Newcomers and Recent Arrivals. Some reflect on the loss of simpler bygone days of shire horses, drawing water from the well and taking down the galvanised bath tub off the wall once a week...Others, lamenting the Hanneys become commuter villages, realise the need to evolve while working tirelessly to maintain a community shop and post office...This book may not be unique, but it has certainly set the bar high as material for future scholars examining English life in the early 21st century. - Oxford TimesWhile this is a book of local interest, it may also appeal to those wishing to find out about how one modern-day community works and plays together and considers its past, present and future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Telling Tales - A Patchwork of Village People. To get started finding Telling Tales - A Patchwork of Village People, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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