ABOUT THIS BOOK - Ordinary, everyday folk who lived and died years ago aren’t generally written about by writers and historians and normally little is known about them unless they were famous, infamous or members of one’s own family.At some time or another we have all walked through a graveyard and been intrigued by names on headstones and wondered what these persons were like and how life must have been when they were alive.
The stories in this book are about people such as these. They are stories of everyday folk who lived their ordinary lives in difficult times or were colourful characters dealing with problems in their own way. Their stories are fascinating and were a joy to research and write.
This book then celebrates some of these ordinary folk, their lives and their exploits.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Ztan Zmith is the pen name of Stan Smith, who for many years was Chairman of the Nottingham Writers’ Club. He has an overwhelming passion for local history – especially where this involves researching the every day stories of ordinary men and women who lived extraordinary lives.
This passion has led to a variety of articles and stories appearing in newspapers, magazines and on the radio. Stan’s work has won a number of literary competitions and has provided him with immense satisfaction.
At different time he has worked for a firm of Chartered Accountants in Nottingham, at Basford Hall College and finally a local Building Society, but in his spare time manages to combine his writing with being Editor of a Community Newspaper - “The Basford Bystander” and also Chairman of the Basford & District Local History Society.
A5 56 pages. 35 sketches, map and photographs.
UK price - £6.95
