Product details
- ISBN 9780750918640
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 169 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 21 May 1998
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'We are sincere in our impression that Southwold will present sea-bathers and fine-weather excursionists with attractions of no ordinary character' wrote Robert Wake in 1839. Perched precariously on the pebbly eastern edge of England, Southwold has had, and continues to have, a special place in the hearts of its residents and many visitors - among the latter Michael Palin, who first visited as a teenager, met his future wife there, and pushed John Cleese off the harbour wall while filming Monty Python! Tied to Suffolk only by a bridge, it evokes a lost world of enchantment where time has stood still, and pulls on the heartstrings of all those who have ever been there.
Daniel Defoe wrote about Southwold in 1724, and since then many other writers have tried to explain its unique attraction. Here is a collection of many of the warm, funny and interesting pieces written over the years, varying from recent dispatches from Miles Kington and Christopher Matthew to a view of the natural history of Southwold in 1838 - when hares could be found on the marshes - the story of 400 boys who before the war camped on The Common with the Duke of York, and joined him for a royal swim, using bathing machines and beach huts, and Maureen Lipmans's last laugh.
A selection of photographs, some not previosuly published, adds to the concoction, and captures the town and its particular spirit. Here is a book that anyone who has ever succumbed to the Southwold magic will want to read.
