- Hardcover: 216 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; First Edition edition (14 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297847724
- ISBN-13: 978-0297847724
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.7 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"a charming, wistful, gentle account" (PETER STANFORD INDEPENDENT )
"This neat, well turned narrative is thrown together with dexterity and assurance" (SPECTATOR )
"The sketches are charmingly done and give us an idea of what the Potteries must have looked like." (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"His evocation - and deptiction... will move anyone who, like the author, has spent a past happy time in the area of the Potteries." (ANTONIA FRASER EVENING STANDARD )
"Short, neatly written and attractively decorated with some self-penned sketeches." (DJ TAYLOR SUNDAY TIMES )
"... nothing he has done, not even his recent much gentler essays in The Spectator, has prepared one for the charm of of this enchanting memoir of his childhood in the potteries... Every page of this book gives pleasure..." (ALLAN MASSIE DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"a vivid portrait of Thirties life, especially of his adoring mother... His book is a paen to maternal eloquence and domesticity. Lucky him. And lucky her." (VALERIE GROVE THE TIMES )
"a minor classic, a quiet book, a delight." (TOM STOPPARD SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"This attractive book escapes the dangers of whimsy or sentimentality... Johnson has written a descriptive rather than an introspective memoir... It is to be hoped that he will give an equally beguiling account, even if it cannot be as serene, of his adolesence and later years." (TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT )
"Delightful childhood memoir" (TAKI SPECTATOR )
"with a series of delightful drawings... a charming memoir, highly recommended." (CATHOLIC HERALD )
"This neat, well turned narrative is thrown together with dexterity and assurance" (SPECTATOR )
"The sketches are charmingly done and give us an idea of what the Potteries must have looked like." (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"His evocation - and deptiction... will move anyone who, like the author, has spent a past happy time in the area of the Potteries." (ANTONIA FRASER EVENING STANDARD )
"Short, neatly written and attractively decorated with some self-penned sketeches." (DJ TAYLOR SUNDAY TIMES )
"... nothing he has done, not even his recent much gentler essays in The Spectator, has prepared one for the charm of of this enchanting memoir of his childhood in the potteries... Every page of this book gives pleasure..." (ALLAN MASSIE DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"a vivid portrait of Thirties life, especially of his adoring mother... His book is a paen to maternal eloquence and domesticity. Lucky him. And lucky her." (VALERIE GROVE THE TIMES )
"a minor classic, a quiet book, a delight." (TOM STOPPARD SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"This attractive book escapes the dangers of whimsy or sentimentality... Johnson has written a descriptive rather than an introspective memoir... It is to be hoped that he will give an equally beguiling account, even if it cannot be as serene, of his adolesence and later years." (TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT )
"Delightful childhood memoir" (TAKI SPECTATOR )
"with a series of delightful drawings... a charming memoir, highly recommended." (CATHOLIC HERALD )
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Vanished Landscape: A 1930s Childhood in the Potteries (Hardcover)
A book that I could not put down which brought my local area to life. Particularly thinking about my ancestors and how they lived in an industrial working area but not forgetting the parks for enjoyment. A brilliant book which I read in one day, the first time I have ever done that.
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Most intersesting and accurate picture of Potteries life. Nostalgic and personal view by a good historian.
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