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Book Review
A Village Called Edith Weston – Memories and Photographs
By Liz Tyler
Published by the author at Edith Weston in 2008 - 106pp with illustrations - Price: £16.50
Available from the Edith Weston village shop, or book@edithwestononline.co.uk
Like most Rutland villages, Edith Weston has changed almost beyond recognition in the last thirty
years. The buildings in the historic core have not changed that much, but the social culture has
altered dramatically, with incomers, known as ‘bottom enders’ now comprising a large part of the
population.
Before all knowledge of old village life was lost, Liz Tyler, and other Edithwestonians, got together
and organised village reunions for descendants and those who had moved away. These proved a
great success, and the resulting accumulation of memories and old photographs gave rise to this
book. It is a wonderful collection of well produced photographs, information and anecdotes from the
last eighty or so years. It could be a model of how to pull together disparate information and record
it for prosperity. However, it does lack an index and seems to flow sporadically from photograph to
text as the reader is drawn around the village, and there are no chapters or headings to help the
reader. But the overall result from this muddle works well in recording life and buildings in Edith
Weston. Without the efforts of the author and friends, much of this information would have been
lost. A commendable effort.
Hilary J Crowden