Beef Cubes And Burdock

John Phillpott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788480546 ISBN 13: 9781788480543

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd, 2018

The rural landscape of John Phillpott s boyhood has changed irrevocably over the last half-century. The elm that celebrated Warwickshire Weed of folklore has been lost to disease, urban sprawl continues apace and motorways now disturb the tranquillity of fields that once knew only the sound of cattle, birdsong and the rumble of the farmer s tractor. But paradise lost? Not quite, because the river flows on through the valley as it has done for millennia, the rook parliaments can still be seen high overhead and the bells of the church that has stood on the hill looking out over the Swift Valley for a thousand years still call out to the faithful. Beef Cubes and Burdock is an affectionate glance over the shoulder back to a time when the pace of life was still dictated by the rhythm of the seasons rather than the touch of a computer keyboard.

About the Author:

John Phillpott was born and brought up in Churchover, a small village in north Warwickshire. He became a trainee reporter on the Rugby Advertiser in 1965 at the age of 16. Since then, he has worked on many Midlands newspapers, variously as reporter, feature writer, chief sub-editor, letters editor, reviewer and columnist. John is now semi-retired and lives in Worcester with his wife, Cheryl. They have two daughters and two grandchildren.