In a message dated 24/09/2008 08:59:59 GMT Standard Time, aqsc30@dsl.pipex.com writes: I recommend you to get hold of any of the books by Spike Mays, particularly Reuben's Corner and Five Miles from Bunkum. He wrote in the 1970s about his childhood in Ashdon, particularly around the Bonnett, Steventon End, which was a pub and is now a guest house. I endorse Dudley's recommendation. I have just read Reuben's Corner and it's good! Geoffrey.