[Bell Historians] Akenfield

[RJ Johnston, Geographical Sciences]

The tower and ringers Ronnie Blythe knew best was, I think, Wormingford

--On 28 November 2012 20:21 +0000 David Bryant <davidbryant at ci-e1DE9_J6dbpqPGPdckilynz8CpLzIBwdkkwkJfSmCM5eOjQmQa122mI0uaUG0gENXbTaiU9PH53dsnvOUxUI.yahoo.invalid> 
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> I'm sure I've read somewhere that 'Akenfield' is actually a
> composite of several villages in the area so it's probably a nearby
> church – the chapter about 'the tower captain' certainly appears to
> be about a real person – anyone know who?
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> The book is an excellent social history document. In 2004, a journalist
> named Craig Taylor wrote a book called 'Return to Akenfield' which
> takes the same format as the original and looks at people in the present
> day. The author of the original book, Ronald Blythe, is one of those
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> David
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