MAIDEN BRADLEY IS AN ATTRACTIVE PARISH ON THE WILTSHIRE-SOMERSET BORDER BETWEEN FROME AND MERE. IN THE 1920'S IT WAS A FLOURISHING AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY WITH A WELL FILLED SCHOOL. THERE WAS A POLICE STATION WITH A RESIDENT POLICEMAN , SHOP, POST OFFICE, BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, CHIMNEY SWEEP, BAKERY, CARPENTER AND WHEELWRIGHT'S BUSINESS, UNDERTAKER AND A PUB. THERE WERE TWO MILK RETAILERS AND TWO COAL AND WOOD MERCHANTS. THERE WAS ALL SAINTS CHURCH  AND THE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL VILLAGE HALL,  READING ROOM , NURSE, A CARRIERS BUSINESS WITH HORSE TRANSPORT TO MARKET AND WITH PONY AND TRAPS FOR HIRE .

THESE VIVID REMINISCENCES , ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEOPLE AND EVENTS RECAPTURE THE ERA OF THE AUTHORS CHILDHOOD, SOME EIGHTY YEARS AGO.

DON NEWBURY ( WRITES THE DUKE OF SOMERSET IN HIS FORWARD) IS ONE OF THE FEW WHO CAN STILL REMEMBER ALL THE CHANGES OF THE TWENTIES. EVERYONE WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR THIS INSIGHT INTO A WORLD LESS THAN A LIFETIME AWAY, BUT WHICH HAS NOW VANISHED FOR EVER.

THE BOOK  ( AN ATTRACTIVE PAPERBACK OF ABOUT 96 PAGES WITH FULL COLOUR COVER ) WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AUGUST BY HOBNOB PRESS AND WILL BE ON SALE AT £7.50 

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56/57 THE RANK,

MAIDEN BRADLEY,

WARMINSTER,

WILTSHIRE,

BA127JF

ENGLAND.