The Miss. Marple companion

Happening to be in the shop run by the Tadworth Children's Trust this morning, I chanced upon what turned out to be an essential guide to the changing life of villages at the time that Miss. Marple was active, just after the second world war.

Written and illustrated by one Ruth Cobb, who turns out to have been a well known illustrator of children's books in her day. And, entirely appropriately, published in 1945 by John Crowther of Bognor Regis. See reference 2.

I suppose at that time, small towns were quite apt to have a small stationer cum publisher, just as they were apt to have a baker and a brewer. All swept away.

So far an easy read giving a useful aperçu into villages of the time.

My only beef is that the people at the trust were rather too enthusiastic about pressing the price sticker down, nominally non-stick, which resulted in some damage to the front of the dust cover.

Reference 1: https://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/.

Reference 2: http://marchhousebookscom.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/ruth-cobb-guest-post-by-david-redd.html.