• Reference
    CRT180/334
  • Title
    Copy of an extract from 'The Vanished World' by H.E. Bates 1969 concerning his grandmother Priscilla Bird, born Souldrop and the meals she would bring to the author and his grandfather at harvest time; his grandmother's sister Mary Ann who lived in Sharnbrook and Joseph Betts, her husband who became the inspiration for Uncle Silas particularly in a story called 'The Wedding' published 1933.
  • Date free text
    1969
  • Production date
    From: 1969 To: 1969
  • old accession number 8108
  • Level of description
    item