Contents

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	viii
1.  The Shirley Family in Cropredy	9
2.  Old Yard Cottages in Creampot Lane	1
3.  School	19
4.  Station	22
5.  Saturday Jobs, Shopping and Home Cures	23
6.  Apprenticeship	24
7.  Some things Colin Shirley wrote about	32
8.  The Library, The Ex-servicemen’s Hall and The Village Club	35
9.  Monkey Tree House, Creampot Lane	38
10.Mr William Colin Shirley’s Letters	41
11.Cropredy 1940’s to 1956	66
Photographs	75
Index of Names	77
General Index	81
Index of Places	85
Village Sites	86
Village Map	87

 

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