Blood, Earth & Medicine
In Time of Flood
Cider - The Forgotten Miracle
Bridgwater - The Parrett's Mouth
The Wheal of Hope
Working Women of Somerset
Waterways
- Living Landscapes
Silence at Ramscliffe
Dorset Man
Dorset Women
Open-Mouthed
Dorset Coast
Dorset Footsteps
Lewesdon Hill
We Have Heard Ravens
 

In Time of Flood


In Time of Flood - The Somerset Levels - The River Parrett

Photography George Wright

Parrett Trail Partnership 1996
ISBN 1-899983-25-2

£14.95

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"...a lively and unsentimental picture of a rural area which is a model of its kind."

Sara Hudston - Dorset Evening Echo

 

 

In Time of Flood is a journey in words and photographs down the river Parrett from source to mouth and covers such diverse topics as elvers, eel smoking, nuclear power stations, withies, cider brandy distilling and explosive factories, as well as the history of the river from Celtic times up to the present day. It formed the basis of a half hour BBC Radio 4 feature called Flat, Wet and Wild….
 

"It has a voice and poetry quite of its own… a truly wonderful haunting memorable piece of work"

Charles Causley

"It's a beautiful book"

Georgina Hammick

" A gem of a book"

South West Arts

"Enjoyed it. Full of interesting effects... Unexpected things."

Ted Hughes