Lifting The Latch

Paperback. English. Oxford Paperbacks. 1988. In good condition.

For nearly eighty years Mont Abbot has lived and worked on the land nearEnstone in Oxfordshire. In this extraordinary record of custom and change,constructed by Sheila Stewart from a series of taped conversations, Mont 'liftsthe latch' and takes us into a forgotten world of roly-poly puddings and streetfairs, describing everything from his lost skills of carting and shepherding tothe joys of singing in the church choir, and the day-to-day warmth and loyaltyof a close-knit rural community.'set to become a classic of the Flora Thomson mould.' Oxford Times