Product Description
Victorian and Edwardian age postcards of Old Stone monuments and prehistoric remains in the English countryside presented for the first time. Every page has a full-size reproduction of an original card with an essay on the subject shown and map references and description of how to find the site arranged by areas. Written with enthusiasm and full of lively commentary, descriptions of both famous and little-known sites are enhanced with local mythology, superstitions and folklore. These are the best from Jerry Bird’s classic collection which he has spent a lifetime building. For the traveller to England this will be an ideal companion for the Antiquarian explorer, Pilgrim or Druid, as well as the everyday enthusiast.
About the Author
Jerry Bird , the Editor of Merry Meet magazine, was born in Weston Village, outside Bath in 1960. He has been at various times a pub manager, lorry driver, stone sawyer, photographer, museum technician, bookseller, musician, art dealer, guitar tutor and charity worker. He ran the Green Man Bookshop and Gallery in Eastbourne for several years and became a Pagan activist, organizing events and festivals. He started Merry Meet Magazine in 1999. He is a pillar of the Folklore Society in England.
