Tag: village

• Cheerfulness Breaks In

  Oh dear, over the last few months I’ve missed writing posts when I’ve been at my mother’s, and when we’ve been away, and I don’t seem to be able to get back into the swing of things at all. I’ve even read less than normal, which is unusual for me,  but now I’m taking stock…

  chrisharding53

  April 15, 2013

  Angela Thirkell, Cheerfulness Breaks In, Evacuees, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, refugees, school, village

• Discovering Miss Read

  Following the death of Miss Read (the nom de plume of Dora Saint) earlier this year, I realised I had never read any of her work so, deciding to remedy the situation, I headed for the library where I found Changes at Fairacre and The Year at Thrush Green.  And what did I think? Well,…

  chrisharding53

  June 4, 2012

  Dora Saint, Fairacre, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Miss Read, nostalgia, village, village school