Blackmore Vale childhood
By: Hilary Townsend
Series: Isis reminiscence series; Isis reminiscence series
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780753194386; 9780753194393
Subjects: Childhood and youth; Farm life; History; Large type books; Biography
Description: Hilary Townsend was born in the Blackmore Vale, and this account of her childhood evokes a way of life that has vanished without trace. Her memories are sharply observed, breathing life into her descriptions of the Vale and the small town of Stallbridge, then the centre of her world.
Notes: Originally published: Wimborne: Dovecote, 2006.