Village sense of place books
Combined village companions, guided walks and reference books.
Longworth - a sense of place
ISBN 978-948444-40-1 Edited by Peter Keene with Janet Keene and Jan Kelly A5. 64 pages. 34 illustrations 2000 £2.95
Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor
- a sense of place
The Parish of Hinton Waldrist - a sense of place
Edited by Peter Keene with Janet Keene and Jan Kelly. A5. 56 pages. 46 illustrations. 2000. £2.95
These three booklets, edited by Peter Keene with Janet Keene and Jan Kelly were published by Thematic Trails for the Longworth and District History Society.
The booklets may best be described as combined village companions, guided walks and reference books.
The emphasis is upon the way that life in the village has been transformed during the last century, both as remembered by long-standing inhabitants and, as the speed of change increases, by those who have joined the village community more recently. These changes have been dramatic and today, call into question the term ‘village community’.
Letter to Pippa Sybil Beard 1998. 110 pages. 18 photos. £6.00
An evocation of life between the wars in Kingston Bagpuize which, at that time was still an estate-owned village. Sybil grew up in the village forge. The social and economic realities of estate life, as recalled by Sybil, is a delightful read, both for its social commentary and its intricate detail of village life at the vernacular level over half a lifetime ago.