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About this book
Travel back in time to village life in rural Edwardian England; a time when children wore starched white pinafores and enjoyed such innocent pleasures as playing with the little windmills given to them by the rag-and-bone man. In this evocative narrative of her mother's idyllic childhood, growing up in Jasmine Cottage, Boroughbridge, Hazel Wheeler recreates the life of a country constable's family through story, anecdote and song. She describes Hilda's first day at school, the fortunes of her elder brother Willie, who became a footman in London, and that auspicious occasion when Hilda won a prize for the best essay on Citizenship on Empire Day in 1915. She recalls Hilda's first day as a milliner's apprentice and her subsequent move to become a wartime post girl. Throughout these fascinating sketches of her mother and her family, Hazel also describes the close-knit community in which they lived. This serves as a vital backdrop to the delightful tales which make this book so enthralling.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Tales My Mother Told Me
- 2. Characters
- 3. Starting School
- 4. A Country Playtime
- 5. The Arm of the Law
- 6. Another B-A-B-Y
- 7. Barnaby Fair
- 8. The Village Blacksmith
- 9. Home Remedies
- 10. Scarlet Fever Hospital
- 11. Whose Turn to Visit Aunt Louie?
- 12. Willie, the ‘Boy’ at Ripley Castle
- 13. Easter
- 14. In Shadow Pantomime Land
- 15. Christmas Joys
- 16. William, Footman at Brawith Hall
- 17. Shops and Shopping
- 18. The Surprise
- 19. The Girls’ Friendly Society
- 20. The Empire Day Prize
- 21. A New Beginning
- 22. The Milliner’s Apprentice
- 23. War News
- 24. Stormy Weather
- 25. Hilda, a Wartime Post Girl
- 26. Rough Rider for Lord Furness
- 27. Clem Mustill Remembered