Good Neighbours [Paperback]

This is the story of a full life in an English community, lived first and told afterwards, from within.Originally published in 1942, this is the story of a full life in an English community, lived first and told afterwards, from within. Walter Rose ranges over the whole life of man-next-door-to-the-fields, the play of children and adults, as well as the never-ending work that is the life and topic of such a society.Originally published in 1942, this is the story of a full life in an English community, lived first and told afterwards, from within. Walter Rose ranges over the whole life of man-next-door-to-the-fields, the play of children and adults, as well as the never-ending work that is the life and topic of such a society.Originally published in 1942, this is the story of a full life in an English community (as The Village Carpenter was) lived first and told afterwards, from within. Walter Rose ranges over the whole life of man-next-door-to-the-fields, the play of children and adults, as well as the never-ending work that is the life and topic of such a society. He writes from a full mind, liking the things and days while he is recalling them. The amusing superficialities turn out to be vital processes; the holiday look gives way; the reader never gets back to tell his friends in the street about it; he stays and helps.Preface; 1. The village; 2. The farm; 3. Work on the land; 4. The village crafts; 5. Gnawing it out; 6. The cottager's pig; 7. Duck breeding; 8. Allotments; 9. Going uppards; 10. The market; 11. Rag, tag, and bobtail; 12. George; 13. The life of the boy; 14. Father's ponies; 15. Some old customs: Mummers and Maydays; 14. The skeleton in the cupboard.