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The Distant Scene
About this book
The Distant Scene is another interesting collection of stories from the Worcestershire countryside. Fred Archer's memories are vividly recreated in this heart warming selection of tales from Fred Archer's childhood. In this wonderful collection of tales from the countryside the reader is once again introduced to a vibrant array of characters from Fred Archer's childhood. The reader is introduced to characters such as Auntie Phoebe, renowned for the pop she sold in a pint and a half bottle during the haymaking season and Tom Wheatcroft and Job Barley. Anyone who enjoyed reading Under the Parish Lantern is sure to enjoy The Distant Scene.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- AUTHOR’S PREFACE
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- 1 - The village under the hill
- 2 - Squire Bosworth and Uncle Jim
- 3 - The Bradfields
- 4 - The doctor and the Ashton Club
- 5 - Walt
- 6 - Willum Archer and Polly Oliver
- 7 - Ponto
- 8 - Shepherd Corbisley and his sheep
- 9 - Jasper
- 10 - Stocky Hill
- 11 - Joe Baker and water divining
- 12 - Rough carpentry, rabbiting and the human skull
- 13 - Tom Wheatcroft and Job Barley
- 14 - Blenheim and Laughing Tom
- 15 - Dad’s farm sales and the Salvation Army
- 16 - Village cricket and umpires
- 17 - Auntie Phoebe’s pop; haymaking
- 18 - The pea-pickers
- 19 - Armistice Tea and the magic lantern
- 20 - Church and Chapel
- 21 - Christmas, the bell ringers and Millie Bostock
- 22 - Noteworthy men of Ashton
- 23 - Breast ploughs, squitch and superstition
- 24 - Harvesting then and now
- 25 - The changing pattern
- 26 - Conclusions through a farmhouse window
