Tales of the Country Eccentrics by Tom Quinn
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Tales of the Country Eccentrics
Summary
A celebration of all that is quirky about the way the British live, told through the words of a range of living eccentrics and some examples from the past. Figures include the former nun who now collects Lego sets, the car salesman who races lawnmowers and the inventor who rides a penny farthing.
Tales of the Country Eccentrics Summary
Table of Contents
Merlin Maddock, Pontycymmer, Glamorgan, Wales - inventor; Monique Huiscamp, Hailsham, Sussex - a gardener with a difference; Michael Levey, Westcott, Surrey - lawnmower racer; Jack Harris, Ashford, Middlesex - an eagle in my garden; Lord Niedpath, Stanway, Gloucestershire - landowner and pigeon fancier; Irene Peeling, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire - the queen of coursing; Charlie Bray, Cole Henley, Hampshire - conker champion; Ernie James, Welney, Norfolk - eels, hives and giant guns; Majorie Hotston Moore, Milborne Port, Dorset - a nun on the run; Bill Curtis, Denbighshire, North Wales - the military man; Edward Dorrell, Preston, Shropshire - the sheep racer; Swein Macdonald, Ardgay Ross-shire - soothsayer; eccentrics from the archives.
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GOR001250126
9780715303474
0715303473
Tales of the Country Eccentrics by Tom Quinn
Used - Very Good
Hardback
David & Charles
19960725
192
N/A
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