I ordered them from Abe yesterday evening: 50p each plus £4.74 p&p! Still copies left I believe. Cheers Richard [7187] ----- Original Message ---- From: Robin Coates <robin.coates1@btinternet.com> To: Barbara Sanders <bsandbed@tiscali.co.uk>; sfhg@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 28 February, 2008 6:52:43 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] life in the ....century (Rod Blaker) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Sanders" <bsandbed@tiscali.co.uk> To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] life in the ....century (Rod Blaker) Both of the Patricia Titles below are readily available from Abe Books. Robin > Warning, Rod: this can become obsessive. It's led me to spending my > retirement taking university history courses in > Sussex, London and Surrey! > On a lighter note I very much enjoyed a pair of books which are fictional, > but seem to be soundly based in the social > history of Sussex: > 'I am England' (1987) and 'That Near and Distant Place' (1989) by > Patricia Wright. > They are set in a Sussex Weald village, between them covering AD 70 to > 1987. One of its themes which will appeal to > family historians is the continuity of family characteristics and names, > and the recognition how a family can rise and > fall in society over the years. > Probably out of print now, but I've sometimes seen both in Corgi paperback > in charity shops (that's where I found > mine!). > Barbara Sanders > > > >> Hi folks >> >> My goal with this genealogy is make make a gift of a story - the story of >> my >> ancestors and their lives in their times - to my descendants, relatives >> and >> their extended families. >> >> To do that I need a very good grasp of daily life as the centuries roll >> by - >> life on the farm, life as a house carpenter and so forth. From >> availability >> of horses, to nature of farming, to dentistry and health care and >> education >> and leisure time (was there any?) >> >> I read the suggestion of "Larks Rise" but that is I presume a snapshot of >> a >> particular moment. Does anyone have a suggestion about the type of >> reading >> that can take me from say 1000 to 2000 ? Not the life of the wealthy, >> nor >> the abject poor - the common man - and woman and child. Nasty, brutish >> and >> short, I understand; but a bit more detail needed. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rod > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 2909 (20080228) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message