Even though it’s only the last day of October, many people are already starting to buy their Christmas presents.
If you have someone on your list that you always struggle to find something suitable for, how about this new book by broadcaster Roger George Clark?
‘PERFECT ENGLAND – The Isle of Wight in the 1960s’ contains 200 black and white period photos, including seven pages of Ventnor as it was (as largely still is).
Roger took the photos during the 1960s whilst holidaying on the Isle of Wight and tells us that within the 200 pages, you’ll discover a world of old churches, thatched cottages, steam trains and bucket-and-spade holidays.
Not forgetting the Royal yacht ‘Britannia’ riding at anchor during Cowes Week, paddle steamers thrashing across the Solent, Lord Mountbatten opening a church fete and the future prime minister, James Callaghan, enjoying himself at a garden show.
Of course it wouldn’t be the 60s on the Island if Roger hadn’t included photos of the the earliest hovercraft ‘lumbering ashore’.
If you don’t have anyone to buy this for, treat yourself. It’s packed with nostalgia and should bring back some wonderful memories of times gone by.
PERFECT ENGLAND is published by the Dovecote Press at £12.95p.
