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A second volume (sequel to the author's "East of Varley Head" - ISBN 9080780812) of personal reminiscences of the way of life, social conventions, character sketches, anecdotes and observations related to the village of Port Isaac in North Cornwall in the mid and late 1940's, told with affection, humour and insight.
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A stroll along the North Cornish coastal path bearing east of Varley Head will require a traveller to veer to the south on reaching the vicinity of Lobber Point - unless he fancies to have a go at walking on water across the wide mouthed inlet to Port Isaac’s yawning harbour directly ahead takes hold.
A few hundred yards tracking south of Lobber Point will then bring him to the height of Lobber Field from where he can gaze, whether with or without a wild surmise doesn’t matter, down on the roof-cluttered village of Port Isaac surrounding the inner harbour, beach and Town Platt, with the mystic valley behind receding into blue-spurred distance.
In so doing he can contemplate a scene that hasn’t changed much in living memory â€" except perhaps around the outer edges of the village that fortunately lie mostly out of sight.
This book looks at the village as it was in the immediate post-war years of the mid 20th century, paying particular attention to the people who made it what it was and the parochial environment shaping their way of life, told from the perspective of one who grew up in the midst of it as it all happened.
The book is not intended to be so much of a sequel to its predecessor “East of Varley Head†ISBN 9080780812 - published by Creighton Books in 2003) as it is to complement the latter.
The respective compass orientations that characterise the two titles may have changed as if they were assuming the style of the fickle winds of Port Isaac Bay, but the human spirit of the time they deal with has deviated not a whit from the one to the other. The way of life, the colour, texture and individuality of the village characters â€" of whom there was such proliferation that residents were spoiled for choice â€" is forever enduring.
One difference that SOLP has with respect to EOVH is in the increased autobiographical emphasis placed on the events and escapades described. It is hoped that this may add to the enjoyment of readers.
A few hundred yards tracking south of Lobber Point will then bring him to the height of Lobber Field from where he can gaze, whether with or without a wild surmise doesn’t matter, down on the roof-cluttered village of Port Isaac surrounding the inner harbour, beach and Town Platt, with the mystic valley behind receding into blue-spurred distance.
In so doing he can contemplate a scene that hasn’t changed much in living memory â€" except perhaps around the outer edges of the village that fortunately lie mostly out of sight.
This book looks at the village as it was in the immediate post-war years of the mid 20th century, paying particular attention to the people who made it what it was and the parochial environment shaping their way of life, told from the perspective of one who grew up in the midst of it as it all happened.
The book is not intended to be so much of a sequel to its predecessor “East of Varley Head†ISBN 9080780812 - published by Creighton Books in 2003) as it is to complement the latter.
The respective compass orientations that characterise the two titles may have changed as if they were assuming the style of the fickle winds of Port Isaac Bay, but the human spirit of the time they deal with has deviated not a whit from the one to the other. The way of life, the colour, texture and individuality of the village characters â€" of whom there was such proliferation that residents were spoiled for choice â€" is forever enduring.
One difference that SOLP has with respect to EOVH is in the increased autobiographical emphasis placed on the events and escapades described. It is hoped that this may add to the enjoyment of readers.
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