ALONG FEATHERBED LANE

The journey from Bristol to the tiny hamlet ofBromley near Stanton Drew took just over halfan hour in the removal van. However, on theirarrival, five year old Christine and her familywere plunged head first into a strange whiteworld in which snow had ’pitched’.Happiness was soon to be threatened by illhealth and poverty. However, the family pulledthrough together, helped by the kindness oftheir new friends and neighbours.Christine’s account of a West Countrychildhood in the 1960s and 1970s brims overwith affectionate anecdotes of these people,set against the beautiful backdrop of villagelife in the Chew Valley.