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Books about towns and villages in Somerset, and about the whole county

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Childhood Memories - Growing Up in Kingsmead and Weston by Pauline Forrest

An account of a working class childhood in Bath in the 1920s and 1930s. A vivid evocation of a city changed almost beyond recognition - a city of tramcars, lodging houses, street vendors, midwinter dips in the flooded river and charabanc trips to the seaside. Includes nearly forty photographs. 91 pages. Soft covers....

Supplied by: Somerset & Dorset Family History Society Product Ref: SAD-1021

Gie I Burtle - A Village Apart by C S John Sparkes

The story of a Somerset moorland village, located in the midst of the oft flooded Somerset Levels. Presents many aspects of Burtle, including the earliest settlers, the railway and the important turf trade of recent years. Includes a detailed account of the everyday life of the village. 255 pages. Soft covers....

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Letters Home to Yeovil

(Jack Sweet) During the First World War, Yeovil men and women served on the Western Front, in Belgium and France, and many other places. Letters to and from home were welcomed by all recipients and during the four years of the war, the Western Gazette published a weekly column Yeovil and the War which included letters, either in full or extract, sent home to friends and relations by local men ser...

Supplied by: Somerset & Dorset Family History Society Product Ref: SAD-1139