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Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
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Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
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Pages : 332
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Author: Ian MacDougall
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ISBN: 9781906566951
Category : Lilliesleaf (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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This book is an oral history of life and work in the Scottish Borders village of Lilliesleaf, based on interviews recorded in 1991-4 with 24 of its oldest inhabitants. They include farm, forestry and sawmill workers, shopworkers and domestic servants, the main local landowner, wartime Land Girls and a wartime evacuee. In their own words they describe daily life and work; social, political, religious and cultural activities; changes in farming practices; the huge impact of two World Wars; the closure of village shops as car ownership and supermarkets spread; and the rising cost of village housing, pushing younger villagers into the towns. Popular local practices, such as poaching and the annual Ball Day are discussed, as are issues such as hiring fairs and flittings, large families, schooling, overcrowding, poverty, unemployment, food and drink. There are also colourful tales of local characters such as Bobby the Banesetter, 'Dr' Blythe (a carter, dustman and sportsman who was often locked in a shed by his wife until he sobered up), tramps Bet the Boar, Sailor Jack and Big Bella Robertson (a 'holy terror and strong as any man') who lifted the village policeman and laid him down on the road 'on the bane o' his back' when he came to arrest her for being drunk. The book gives a vivid portrayal of country and village life in Scotland during a century of great change.
Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
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Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Author: St. Louis Mercantile Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Author: Nicholas Dickson
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Author: St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Author: Ewan Morrison
Publisher: Leamington Books
ISBN: 1914090438
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Published to mark John Herdman's 80th birthday in 2021. Writers, academics, publishers and literary figures from Britain, Europe and North America came together to celebrate Scottish novelist and critic, John Herdman. The cast of Not Dark Yet are John Herdman's contemporaries and friends, his students and readers. This celebration of John Herdman is witness to the strength of admiration that exists for this Scottish writer's work, a body of writing that extends over a period of seven decades. And seven decades is impressive — especially for a man who is only just turning eighty.
Author: Margaret Oliphant
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Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Author: Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Author: San Francisco Public Library
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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