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Memories of Hook 1915-1920 by Marjorie Newman

Marjory Newman incorporates her own poetry in a vivid account of life in Lydiard Tregoze during the period of World War I.

Her recollections include school life, fearful gossip about the end of the world, food deprivations (women eating snails), German prisoners working on local farms and after the war, Sunday School treats in Lydiard Park when the young Lord Bolingbroke rowed children on the lake.

Years
1984
1915-1920
Type
Research Report Article
Taken from
Report No. 12
Owner
Friends of Lydiard Park
Reference
Report 17 (1984), pp. 12-18
Copyright
Friends of Lydiard Park
Credit
Friends of Lydiard Park
Last updated on
Tuesday 27th June 2023
Memories of Hook 1915_1920_Rep_17_extract.pdf
Memories of Hook 1915_1920_Rep_17_extract.pdf

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