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Mixbury Gals and Pals: Memories of a country childhood
Contributor(s): Bowers, Daphne (Author), Barnes, Susan (Author)
ISBN: 1909465933     ISBN-13: 9781909465930
Publisher: Cloister House Press
OUR PRICE:   $23.27  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Social History
- History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.00 lbs) 238 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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The village of Mixbury is situated at the most northern point of Oxfordshire. Set in rolling countryside, it sits alongside the now abandoned Great Central Railway. Surrounded by fields, rivers, woodlands and farmyards, Mixbury was the perfect place to grow up.

Mixbury Gals and Pals uncovers the childhood memories of a dozen village inhabitants, who grew up in post-war Britain, during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. It is a nostalgic view of a rural childhood where homemade games and bike rides led to outdoor adventures and a fair share of mischief.

Living near to the Great Central provided an exciting place to visit and the chance to see steam engines up close. From tales of the village Home Guard and celebrations of the Queen's Coronation, to changing the signals for the stationmaster, living in Mixbury offered the youngsters plenty to keep them interested and occupied.

A way of life which now remains only in memories.

Contributor Bio(s): Bowers, Daphne: - Daphne Smart (nee` Bowers) was born in the North Oxfordshire village of Mixbury in 1947. She attended school in nearby Fringford, and Highfield School in Bicester. Having brought up he four sons she spent her working life in Horticulture. First in a local Plant Nursery and later as Head Gardener on a small estate in North Buckinghamshire, where she continues to work to this day.Barnes, Susan: - "Susan Barnes grew up in Mixbury, went to the High School for Girls, Brackley and read French at Birmingham University (1964 - 1967). After a Cert. Ed. she taught at the Grammar School for Girls, Stratford-on-Avon and Wilton School, Bletchley, before marrying and having two sons. She returned to teaching in 1980 until her retirement in 2007."