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VILLAGE VOICES:
Farming Families
Compiled and edited by Andrew Pastor

Andrew Pastor has recorded interviews with local people living between Lewesdon Hill in West Dorset and Clapton in South Somerset for the past two years. This collection is to appear in two books. The first of which, Village Voices: Farming Families, is now available.
This fascinating book will be of interest to anyone who understands the wealth of charachter that makes up the rural population in West Dorset and South the Somerset area.

Village Voices:
Farming Families contains the stories, memories, thoughts and hopes of different generations of 15 farming families. Interviewees talk about the past, recalling the ways the land was farmed and the people who did it. They speak in depth about farming today, sharing their lives and helping us better understand the present realities of working the land. They go on to tell us their plans as they look into the future with differing degrees of hope.
Familiar names adorn the pages. Eveleighs, Edwards, Dobles, Framptons and Frosts; just some of those that feature in a fine and valuable record of the area.
Available now from The Book Shop in Bridport