Seven Tales of Centrix [Paperback]

Storiau am gymeriadau ecsentrig mewn cymdeithas bentrefol.

Tales of eccentric characters in a village community written in the style of Dylan Thomas.

The loveable people who live in the village of Centrix and inhabit these narratives are, "delightfully and completely themselves". In other words, they are true eccentrics - which is how the place-name originated. Even the pets are as unusual as their owners.
This is a delightful amusing set of tales that will appeal to young and old alike.

After a career in broadcasting, lecturing and consultancy Sara John has returned to her ancestral home in Pembrokeshire to concentrate on her interest in local history, art, property restoration and writing. Her grandmother (Mam-gu) amd literary namesake was born in Mynachlog-ddu, Pembrokeshire in the 1870s and moved to the Rhondda with her family as a young woman.

Long ago, in a village somewhere between Paris and Pembroke, lived a retired sea captain called Captain Bryce-Pryce. He was married to Mrs Miranda Glynis Bryce-Pryce, whom he called 'my hearty', and, although she did not like that name, she loved the Captain most dearly and, in return, always called him 'B-P'. They had a wonderful spotted cat, of a foreign type, called Pontius Pirate. His friends called him Ponty, as he hailed originally from Pontypridd, but he had been at sea for many years, as Ship's Cat, First Class and usually leading - well, someone had to. He served the Captain well.
They all lived in Centrix, which is near the sea, which is really nice, in the Centrixshire Natural Coast Park. All their friends and neighbours were, as they had once described themselves to visitors from Away, 'deeply and happily themselves'. This was the rigin of the word 'eccentric', meaning 'from Centrix'.