The grocer's granddaughter
By: Rose Parish
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Reminiscence; Reminiscence
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780753194829; 9780753194836
Subjects: Social life and customs; General stores; Country life; Large type books; Manners and customs; Childhood and youth; Biography; History
Description: The English are often referred to as 'A Nation of Shopkeepers', and my family were certainly among them."As the child of a family running a busy village shop, the author developed the ability to be "a fly on the wall" watching, listening and establishing lasting memories. She has drawn up a very special picture of life in the Worcestershire village of Ombersley during the 1940s. This is a pithy account of village life as it was, offering a view decidedly unlike a picture-postcard image. Vivid accounts of school days under the eagle eye of a Dickensian Headmaster, together with tales of growing up in the countryside, are recounted.
Notes: Originally published: Studley : Brewin, 2007.