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Birdlip, Cold Slad, Crickey Hill and the Air Balloon Inn: growing up in a hamlet of only six houses, John Townsend’s humble childhood is full of hardships and adventures in the rough Cotswold hills.
His youthful talent for uncovering scrap metal is the beginning of a career in antiques — one which will bring its own surprises, including an encounter with a ghost …
Warm and full of character, this is an invaluable picture of life in rural Gloucestershire in the 1940s, 1950s and beyond
A portrait of rural life in the Birdlip and Crickley Hill area of the Cotswolds in the 1940s, 50s and beyond
About the author:
John Townsend is a retired antiques dealer. A popular sight at steam rallies and vintage fairs around the country, he now lives with his wife on their farm in the Birdlip area, with their children and grandchildren nearby.
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