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BISLEY: A COTSWOLD VILLAGE REMEMBERED 1860-1945

by Juliet Shipman

Published by Chantry Press. 1st. 1991

Slightly better than very good condition. A colourful portrait of one of Gloucestershire's most interesting villages. The text has been based on the tape-recorded recollections of Bisley people and illustrated by their photographs. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 124 pages.

Minor grubby mark to rear cover else clean.

ISBN: 0951829408
Stock no. 1830641

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Photograph Credits
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. THE LORD OF THE MANOR
  • 2. SIR JOHN STEALS THE DONKEYS' DINNER
  • 3. A VICTORIAN COUNTRY GENTLEMAN
  • 4. LIFE ON THE LAND
  • 5. THE GENTRY AND VILLAGE LIFE BEFORE 1914
  • 6. THE VILLAGE AND WORLD WAR I
  • 7. CHILDHOOD 1900-1945
  • 8. LIFE IN THE COTTAGES
  • 9. VILLAGE SHOPS
  • 10. PUBLIC HOUSES
  • 11. FROM HORSE AND CART TO MOTOR CAR
  • 12. CRAFTESMEN
  • 13. THE WELLS
  • CONCLUSION
  • Bibliography
  • Sources

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