Akenfield : portrait of an English village

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Population And Houses -- Work In The Village -- Domesday For 1936 And 1966: The Second Agricultural Revolution -- The Survivors. Leonard Thompson, Farm-worker -- Emily Legget, Horseman's Widow -- Fred Mitchell, Horseman -- Samuel Gissing, Farm-worker -- John Grout -- God. Doctor -- Brigadier -- Teacher -- Orchard Worker -- Baptist Deacon -- Rural Dean -- The Ringing Men. Robert Plagrave, Tower Captain -- Sammy Whitelaw, Farrier -- To Be A Farmer's Boy? George Kirkland, N.u.a.w. Secretary -- David Collyer, Forester And Political Organizer -- Brian Newton, Farm Student -- Good Service. Christopher Falconer -- The Forge. Gregory Gladwell, Blacksmith -- Francis Lambert, Forge Worker -- The Wheelwright. Jubal Merton -- The Craftsmen. Ernie Bowers, Thatcher -- Horry Rose, Saddler -- The School. Mrs. Sullivan, Headmistress -- Daphne Ellington, Assistant Teacher -- The Cook's Tale (suffolk Dialect) -- Robert Munro, Schoolmaster -- Hugh Hambling, Schoolmaster -- The Agricultural Training Centre. Raynor Creighton -- Officers And Gentlemen. Colonel West, Pig-farmer -- Major Paul, Civil-defence Organizer -- The Orchard Men. Alan Mitton Orchard Foreman -- Michael Poole, Orchard Worker -- Four Ladies. Marjorie Jope, District Nurse -- Mrs. Tom Cooper, President Of The W.i. -- Mrs. Ferrier, Chairman Of The W.i. -- Mrs. Carter-edwardes, Samaritan -- The Young Men. Terry Lloyd, Pig-farmer -- Bruce Buckley And Thomas Dix -- Anthony Summer, Shepard -- Roger Adlard, Factory Farmer -- Derek Warren, Ploughman -- The Law. Mrs. Christian Annersley, Magistrate -- Persis Ede, Odd-job Man -- Limitations. Lana Webb -- The Vet. Dr. Tim Swift -- Not By Bread Alone. The Poet -- The Northern Invaders. Jamie Mciver, Farmer -- Duncan Campbell, Sheep-farmer -- In The Hour Of Death. William Russ, Gravedigger. By Ronald Blythe. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 11-12). From amazon.uk: "This colourful, perceptive portrayal of English country life reverberates with the voices of the village inhabitants, from the reminiscences of survivors of the Great War evoking days gone by, to the concerns of a younger generation of farm-workers and the fascinating and personal recollections of, among others, the local schoolteacher, doctor, blacksmith, saddler, district nurse and magistrate. Providing insights into farming, education, welfare, class, religion and death, Akenfield forms a unique document of a way of life that has, in many ways, disappeared."