{"product_id":"melford-memories","title":"Melford Memories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"w-col w-col-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"short-review w-richtext\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e50th Anniversary Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Easily ranks alongside \u003cem\u003eLark Rise to Candleford\u003c\/em\u003e’ Richard Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"9bd32418-71e5-7ff8-bc8c-d4e8cbff5115\" data-wf-id='[\"9bd32418-71e5-7ff8-bc8c-d4e8cbff5115\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"38a553a9-0b4b-10ca-7a5b-7756ac8fa596\" data-wf-id='[\"38a553a9-0b4b-10ca-7a5b-7756ac8fa596\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eBorn a stone’s throw from the church and educated at the village school, Ernest Ambrose was brought up to respect God, his parents, Long Melford’s two local squires and the rector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"467a674c-0fbe-94c0-9cf0-2165a98e0dac\" data-wf-id='[\"467a674c-0fbe-94c0-9cf0-2165a98e0dac\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eThat didn’t mean rural Suffolk life in the nineteenth century was quiet. Poaching was rife, the excesses of the Whitsun fair were an annual highlight, and young Ernie’s friends risked their necks to master the new-fangled ‘high bikes’, or penny farthings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"dd39b99c-40be-0acd-1706-5d4e694bdf33\" data-wf-id='[\"dd39b99c-40be-0acd-1706-5d4e694bdf33\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eHe witnessed the legendary street-battle when factory workers from neighbouring Glemsford stormed the village, the violence only quelled by a bayoneted militia. With the rest of his generation, he went off to the First World War. And, as the church organist in another nearby village, he heard at first hand the accounts of the hauntings that would make Borley Rectory a nationwide media sensation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"84559db7-7fec-39e3-4b39-69148df27cd8\" data-wf-id='[\"84559db7-7fec-39e3-4b39-69148df27cd8\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eLooking back in his tenth decade, he describes a vanished world of rural customs and culture with wit, intelligence and a freshness of observation that have made \u003cem data-w-id=\"e2d514e4-4bbf-7651-b5de-87233b6192e6\" data-wf-id='[\"e2d514e4-4bbf-7651-b5de-87233b6192e6\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eMelford Memories – \u003c\/em\u003enow reissued on the 50th anniversary of its first publication – a much-loved Suffolk classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"84559db7-7fec-39e3-4b39-69148df27cd8\" data-wf-id='[\"84559db7-7fec-39e3-4b39-69148df27cd8\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-col w-col-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details w-richtext\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Ernest was an intelligent and articulate man who witnessed nearly a century of change in the region. To anyone interested in our local history it is essential, if only because it’s such a damned entertaining read’ \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Clarke\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Easily ranks alongside\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLark Rise to Candleford\u003c\/em\u003e’ \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Morris, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFoxearth Brew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This is absolutely wonderful. It’s quite gripping, it’s a got a really warm feel to it and it’s a fascinating read’ \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Lilley, BBC Radio Suffolk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 208pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Eye (November 2022)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785633683\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Eye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41792888275141,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/products\/MelfordMemoriesv2B.jpg?v=1665408391","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/melford-memories","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}