Yeovil Memories

by Sweet, Jack William

• ISBN13: 9781445610610
• ISBN10: 1445610612
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-15
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Summary

Yeovil Memories covers a wide range of stories, from a tragic drowning in the River Yeo in 1856, the hardships of the savage winter of 1861 and that of two families who lost their cottages in a fire in February 1906, the lucky escape of a Westland test pilot as his aircraft broke up in mid-air in August 1934, and the top of the music charts of August 1952, to pop concerts in the Liberal Hall in 1965.Jack Sweet seeks to jog the collective memory of Yeovil’s past, reliving memories, good, bad and occasionally downright awful (at least for those who had the misfortune to experience one and remain to tell the tale).Perhaps the Californian poet Clarency Urmy (1858-1923) summed it up;‘Old Songs are best - how sweet to hear.The strains of home and memory dear!Old books are best - how tale and rhymeFloat with us down the stream of time!’

Author Biography

Jack William Sweet has lived all his life in Yeovil, where he was born. After leaving the RAF in 1958 he worked for thirty four years' with Yeovil Borough Council and later the South Somerset District Council before taking early retirement. His passion for history has inspired this prolific author to write numerous articles for local publications as well as many books including Shocking Somerset Murders of the Nineteenth Century and Shocking and Surprising Somerset Stories. Although retired Jack undertakes voluntary work for the Museum of South Somerset. He is also a keen photographer and has travelled extensively.