tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post4777140348857798919..comments2024-03-29T01:52:49.317-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: How a book can take you backBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-32622447548479801782018-02-06T23:48:06.002-08:002018-02-06T23:48:06.002-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444530036046666730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-7444170609143559892012-08-24T23:59:23.547-07:002012-08-24T23:59:23.547-07:00yes it was jennie, a long time ago now!
Leanne xyes it was jennie, a long time ago now!<br /><br />Leanne xLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573431221299174647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-72161821712720044472012-08-24T10:56:48.976-07:002012-08-24T10:56:48.976-07:00Hah! Yarrow - Why am I not surprised?! You'l...Hah! Yarrow - Why am I not surprised?! You'll love them.<br /><br />Kath - I will have to see if I can download the scanner bumf for the printer (it was G's and she lost the CD-ROM for it) and put them on here.<br /><br />Halfrida - welcome. That Forest of Dean book is one which is always on my scanner and I hope to come across it at Hay-on-Wye one of these days (or better still, at a car boot sale, more cheaply!)<br /><br />Rosemary - I have to say that they ate extremely frugally at times - she would have coped admirably during Rationing! I've tried some of the recipes but not recently, I have to confess.<br /><br />Leanne - I agree, these books are all "keepers". It was you that kindly photocopied the Kitchen in the Hills book for me wasn't it? I have always appreciated that.<br /><br />Weaver - they only did enough on their cottage to make it more habitable - they didn't miss electricity or running water or the lack of a bathroom or washing machine! I think their constant problem was damp though : (<br /><br />DW - I think they found life hard there in the winter, and having to lock up and leave the cottage to go and do live-in jobs to have enough money to get by on wasn't their ideal set-up.<br /><br />Terra - they did indeed choose to live that way, and certainly pre-empted all the Green Living ideals we have nowadays. Their lifestyle was compared with the Good Life programmes of the 1970s but as they said, there was no real comparison.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-68004412325096826602012-08-24T02:22:38.852-07:002012-08-24T02:22:38.852-07:00Oh dear! I've gone and bought these books. I...Oh dear! I've gone and bought these books. I'm such a weak willed woman :DYarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662236319781194283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-51883333730129308422012-08-23T13:20:54.246-07:002012-08-23T13:20:54.246-07:00I loved those books and would have loved to see ...I loved those books and would have loved to see the photos.<br /><br />I believe Hafod lives on and is occupied by a chap who said he still gets callers looking for the Wests.<br /><br />I still have Hovel, I bought the other 2 for my dad but I think my Mum took them to Oxfam after he died :-(<br /><br /><br /><br />Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-17486710823957085332012-08-23T06:50:11.369-07:002012-08-23T06:50:11.369-07:00They are among my favourite books. I know they we...They are among my favourite books. I know they went back to "civilisation" for a time and then retired to the Forest of Dean - there's a sort of follow-up book "A Patch in the Forest". I wonder if they know how many folks they've inspired and delighted with their books?<br />Pomona https://www.blogger.com/profile/03810484133929165070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-68204694709926732252012-08-23T01:18:26.277-07:002012-08-23T01:18:26.277-07:00I have all three books too,I had to replace my ...I have all three books too,I had to replace my 'Kitchen in the Hills' book recently as it was falling to pieces.I love these sort of books and wish there were more people writing them.Rosemary UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736660949097379171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-41529881165479924962012-08-22T22:48:16.524-07:002012-08-22T22:48:16.524-07:00I have all three Hafod 'In the Hills' book...I have all three Hafod 'In the Hills' books, ( kitchen, garden.. hovel) 2 hardbacks, 1 paperback I think, and they are keepers, I would never part with them<br /><br />Leanne<br />talesofsimpledays.blogspot.comLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573431221299174647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-39427978682732588722012-08-22T01:52:40.305-07:002012-08-22T01:52:40.305-07:00I love that kind of book BB - reading about the tr...I love that kind of book BB - reading about the transformation of some property or other without the hard work. But, seriously, it is good to look back and to compare one's struggle with that of someone else. The sort of events she relates are probably better in retrospect than they were at the time though.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-86189102331345550572012-08-22T01:43:30.027-07:002012-08-22T01:43:30.027-07:00Hard work, even if the cottage and its situation w...Hard work, even if the cottage and its situation was idyllic! <br /><br />Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-79424113662427650442012-08-21T20:26:19.123-07:002012-08-21T20:26:19.123-07:00That book has a lot to teach us, with them taking ...That book has a lot to teach us, with them taking showers in the garden from a watering can, and not having money for a stamp. I imagine they loved the life they chose and the books sound worth reading.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.com