A great evocation
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The wonderful thing about Monica Edwards is how the cycle of her works reflect the tide of post-war Britain, from innocent adventures to disillusionment at the tide of technophilia, intensive farming, a rising crime rate, etc, etc (and making way for the changeover to hippiedom-by-proxy in her namesake Monica Dickens' World's End series). This early example of the Romney Marsh series captures the excitement and thrill of the outdoor summer life - the chapter "Pageant Week" is a wonderful example of community togetherness and consciousness of a shared history, how far from today indeed ... you really wouldn't have seen the apocalypse (or, to be precise, Robin Gibb's "heartbreak lane") of "A Wind Is Blowing", which brought the series to a timely end twenty years later.
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