- Paperback: 188 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New ed of 1940 ed edition (31 Oct 1979)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192812777
- ISBN-13: 978-0192812773
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 284,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This humorous account of a family growing up in the rural environs of London in the 1920s and 1930s is a sequel to Molly Hughes's autobiographical trilogy, "A London Child of the 1870s", "A London Girl of the 1880s" and "A London Home in the 1890s". The book takes up the story of Molly as a widow, with very little money and three sons to educate. On the strength of her teaching experience, she becomes a schools inspector and examiner - a job which provides a rich source for anecdote. She moves her family to Cuffley, then an unspoilt rural village 15 miles from Kings Cross. Born and bred a Londoner, she is elated to find that, incredibly, the garden of their first house affords a view of St Paul's. The amenities of Cuffley are few, but hold charm for the modern reader. "The Times" arrives by bicycle; necessities, from sugar to doormats, can be bought from a hawker with a pony-cart; and telephone calls are made from a local farmhouse. The story that unfolds is an undramatic one about ordinary people. There are adventures, but of the homely kind - an evening at the "talkies", the move to a new house, the excitement of the first grandchild.
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This is the follow up to the three fascinating books by Molly Hughes about her life in London from the 1880s. It's less well known, perhaps because it lacks some of the energy and sparkle of the earlier books, but still compulsive reading for anyone who wants to know what became of the characters she brought so vividly to life.
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This book follows the trilogy of books written by Molly Hughes about her life from 1870 to 1899, in the first book telling us about A Child in the 1870's in London.
In the next two we read of her schooling and teacher training and jobs on to marriage, moving from London to the "country" (now close to the M25) and having a family.
Mrs Hughes wrote in an easy reading informal style. I read the first 3 books very quickly and couldn't wait to buy the fourth episode taking us into the 1920's on onward.
She paints a captivating picture of life in those days with all the happiness and sadness of the times.
I can't recommend the books highly enough but please be sure to read them in order to get full enjoyment.
In the next two we read of her schooling and teacher training and jobs on to marriage, moving from London to the "country" (now close to the M25) and having a family.
Mrs Hughes wrote in an easy reading informal style. I read the first 3 books very quickly and couldn't wait to buy the fourth episode taking us into the 1920's on onward.
She paints a captivating picture of life in those days with all the happiness and sadness of the times.
I can't recommend the books highly enough but please be sure to read them in order to get full enjoyment.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Pleasant, but mostly interesting to readers of the previous books
21 Jan 2006
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In internal chronological order, this is the fourth volume of Molly Hughes' autobiographical reminiscences, though I believe it was actually the second to be written. The first volume, "A London Child of the 1870's" was published in 1934, and was very successful. This volume was published in 1940, and covers the years from 1919, when Molly Hughes' husband died, up to the outbreak of the Second World War. The other two volumes, "A London Girl of the 1880's" and "A London Home of the 1890's" were published in 1946.
It's a charming and friendly book, easy to read and casually informative about life in a small village in the twenties and thirties. The Hughes family lived in Cuffley, near Potters Bar; back then it was an isolated village on the fringes of London, though now it is unpleasantly close to the M25. There are stories of neighbours, visitors, relatives, pets, children, gardening, and so forth. The arrival of the telephone and the wireless, and the first car that the family owned, are all major events. The book has nothing like a plot; it is just a more or less chronological set of memories.
This is not as absorbing a read as "London Child" and "London Girl". It hops around too much to have any real cohesion, though Hughes has to some degree kept thematically related material together. However, it's pleasant enough, and if you have read and enjoyed the earlier books I can certainly recommend this. Fans of the earlier volumes will feel like friends of the Hughes family, and this book will at least give you the pleasure of finding out more about the lives of the characters you've grown to like.
It's a charming and friendly book, easy to read and casually informative about life in a small village in the twenties and thirties. The Hughes family lived in Cuffley, near Potters Bar; back then it was an isolated village on the fringes of London, though now it is unpleasantly close to the M25. There are stories of neighbours, visitors, relatives, pets, children, gardening, and so forth. The arrival of the telephone and the wireless, and the first car that the family owned, are all major events. The book has nothing like a plot; it is just a more or less chronological set of memories.
This is not as absorbing a read as "London Child" and "London Girl". It hops around too much to have any real cohesion, though Hughes has to some degree kept thematically related material together. However, it's pleasant enough, and if you have read and enjoyed the earlier books I can certainly recommend this. Fans of the earlier volumes will feel like friends of the Hughes family, and this book will at least give you the pleasure of finding out more about the lives of the characters you've grown to like.
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