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Working Women of Somerset

Working Women of Somerset

Photography Pauline Rook
Agre Books 2001

ISBN 0-9538000-5-9
£9.99

 

Thirty Somerset Women employed in a fascinating variety of occupations describe their working lives in their own words. Full of revealing and humorous moments. Their stories as told to James Crowden provide a compelling insight into the heart of a rural community. Tales of hard work and achievement are accompanied by atmospheric black and white portraits taken by Pauline Rook.

  'It was a labour of love' Margaret Spencer - Rocking Horse Specialist    'They haven't escaped yet' Carolyn Perrin - Eel Filleter  

'You get to know your fore-quarter from your topside' Sandra Pocock - Butcher    'I get husbands dragged in just to see the flowers' Gloria Fouracre - Lavatory Attendant

"Its pages shatter the clichéd myth of the rosy cheeked farmer's wife scattering corn from her apron for a handful of chickens…"

The Countryman