Old Style Inspiration Books

catznine

Anyone mentioned The Darling Buds of May? I know the tv series was very good (my kids used to put one of the Darling Buds videos on if they were feeling hungry as it was guaranteed to get me into the kitchen and baking!:D )

The book is even better - different ending too!

Plum_Pie

The Darling buds of May DVD is currently on offer in Woolies:
http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50309030

I've read one of the books and greatly enjoyed it. It was the one where they go on holiday to France!

spiddy100

Does anyone else's child watch 'Little Bear' on Nick Jr? It's based on books by Maurice Sendak (who did Where the Wild Things Are). Mother Bear is very OS, she is always baking, sewing and de-cluttering. Every time I watch it I feel ashamed and inspired :]

LJM

bless yes ive seen little bear she is very os lol

biglass

My two littlies watch Little Bear every night as part of their bedtime routine,with mug of warm milk in hand! It is a lovely gentle kids programme-I love it as much as them!!
This is a wonderful thread ,I am really enjoying it and adding loads of stuff to my wishlist on Amazon,so I can remember what to look for in the library!!

taurusgb

Black Saturn started an excellent thread a while back called (I think) Old Style Inspiration books.....anyway, I loved this thread and was moved to read several books recommended on it including Ghillie Basan's "The Moon's Our Nearest Neighbour". As always when I'd finished a book about real people I was dying to know what happened after the book finished and an internet search found me this:- http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/spectrum.cfm?id=932412002 which I thought might be of interest to anyone else who has read the book.

Ches

I love this thread. The MMM and Enid Blyton books were favourites and I must re read Anne of Green Gables. Haven't seen that for over 50 years. The OS one I can recomend is Betty's Wartime Diary 1939-1945. Terrific insight into what it was like to live in East Anglia during those years. I got my copy from the Imperial War Museum bookshop and worth every penny.

torbrex

Although not a novel, I have a book called 'Enqure Within Upon Everything', it is a 'how to' directory and I have three copies dated 1866, 1924 and 1934. These books are full of tips and hints for everything from etiquette and social behavior to legal info, household hints to games an amusements and gardening hints to food and cooking.
A lot of the information is obviously well out of date and I cringe at some of the medical suggestions but that being said most of the articles are still relevant and usefull to this day. Such things as using roasting coffee as an instant deodouriser/disinfectant or hot charcoal in newly painted room to remove the smell.

Sola

I'm just rereading Larkrise To Candleford, and I really enjoy reading about oldfashioned living and how people thrive on so little to make ends meet. Can you recommend any other novels/books like this? I've read Little Women, haven't read Little House on the Prairie yet, but can't think of any others.

Pink.

Hi sola,

If you look in The Complete Old Style Book Collectionthere are lots of threads on books on frugal living.

This thread in particular might interest you:

Old Style Inspiration Books

I'll merge your thread with that one later to keep all the suggestions together.

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