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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> One of the most difficult decisions with a book such as this is simply where to stop especially with large parts of the original text being re- written in the light of much fresh evidence from documents deeds and manuscripts which had come into Miss Hardcastle’s possession. We deliberately tried to avoid “coming up to date” as a publication such as this does not aim to be a “newspaper” reporting that which happened only yesterday. However it is difficult to avoid functions or dates with specific meaning to the village as a whole and so the intentional “cut-off” date of 1970 became rather loose. Our main aim was to publish the revised and extended “Records” making use of the marvellous collection of photographs postcards handbills and maps that were available. Bearing in mind the overwhelming quantity of the former one had to decide whether to use a particular photograph knowing the condition of the original would not give satisfactory results. Our guidance throughout was as follows. Many of the “originals” were known to be the only “copies” in existence. We therefore decided that wherever possible we should print them thereby making them available to everyone. In this way we have reconed particular views taken from originals which would have eventually deteriorated beyond recognition. This particularly being the case with glass negatives and the like. We therefore make no apology for the lack of quality of some photographs in fact we are pleased to have been given the opportunity to preserve them in print for all to enjoy as part of our heritage. (MP)