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Myddle
The life and times of a Shropshire farmworker's daughter in the 1920s|
8,39 € |
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| Verlag: | Merlin Unwin Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 30.05.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781910723524 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 128 |
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Beschreibungen
The unassuming north Shropshire village of Myddle first came to prominence with the publication of Richard Gough's history of his village, written in the 1700s.
Now a fascinating new account has come to light: the account of a poor farm-labourer's daughter, Helen Ebrey, born into a large family in Myddle in 1911, and her memories of the family's daily struggle to survive in the years just before the First World War, up to the point when she finally left the village as an adult.
The hardships and poverty in Myddle were immense but Helen's rural childhood was a largely happy one, and she relates with an uncomplaining clarity the way the children all worked to bring in additional income, not for luxuries but for the common basics. The children are set to fruit-picking, milking, ferrying telegrams and newspapers, sewing, collecting fuel and every other ingenious way to make ends meet.
Life in Myddle at the turn of the century was, in certain ways, not so far removed from medieval village life, and to read of a relatively recent Shropshire existance so different to that of today, is a revelation.
Now a fascinating new account has come to light: the account of a poor farm-labourer's daughter, Helen Ebrey, born into a large family in Myddle in 1911, and her memories of the family's daily struggle to survive in the years just before the First World War, up to the point when she finally left the village as an adult.
The hardships and poverty in Myddle were immense but Helen's rural childhood was a largely happy one, and she relates with an uncomplaining clarity the way the children all worked to bring in additional income, not for luxuries but for the common basics. The children are set to fruit-picking, milking, ferrying telegrams and newspapers, sewing, collecting fuel and every other ingenious way to make ends meet.
Life in Myddle at the turn of the century was, in certain ways, not so far removed from medieval village life, and to read of a relatively recent Shropshire existance so different to that of today, is a revelation.
<p>Acknowledgements iii</p><p>Historical context iv</p><p>1 A Twentieth Century Village Childhood 1</p><p>2 Childhood Fun and Games 10</p><p>3 The Great War 17</p><p>4 A Rather Scant Education 23</p><p>5 The Village Fiddler and Rare Parties 33</p><p>6 Poaching 41</p><p>7 The Village Pump 43</p><p>8 The Oddfellows Club and the Ellesmere Workhouse 47</p><p>9 Ordering the Estate 50</p><p>10 The Mole-Catcher's Daughter 62</p><p>11 The Queen and the Gentry 67</p><p>12 Granny Ebrey of the Gullet 71</p><p>13 Our Postman/Cobbler/Sexton/Clerk 76</p><p>14 Aunt Ethel 82</p><p>15 Aunt Annie 85</p><p>16 Beatrice (who died in infancy), Mary (who died young), Tom (who died scything) and others 87</p><p>17 'Gipsy' Baker's Merrington Mission 96</p><p>18 Jessie's House in the Rock, and Webscott 107</p><p>19The Old Trades: Blacksmith, Carrier, Saddler, Tree-Feller, Farrier and Wheelwright 115</p><p>20 The Village Postmistress/Seamstress 125</p><p>21 Younger Sister Dorothy 127</p><p>22 How World War II Affected Us All 131</p><p>23 My First Job 136</p><p>24 Mr Hamilton the Vet at Baschurch 146</p><p>25 Leaving 149</p><p>Postscript</p>
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