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Mountfield Meanderings
Trish Jones has published two books, comprising fascinating collections of Mountfield in old photographs. Her latest publication is about Lady Mabelle Egerton and recalls her efforts to open a coffee shop in Rouen during the First World War. You can find out more about Mountfield and Trish’s books on the Mountfield Village Hall website or…
History is Just One Damned Thing after another
“History is just one dammed thing after another” is a comment attributed to the British historian Arnold Toynbee. He was critiquing the view that history is a simple collection of facts. Part of the fascination of history is looking back to uncover the timeline of events, why one thing led to another and why individuals…