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The book covers a wide range of stories from two drownings in the River Yeo in 1844, the tragedies of the Edgar family, which almost certainly led to the Yeovil we know today, the rejoicings of VE and VJ Days in 1945, the sorrow at the death of King George VI in 1952, to the fun of the St Peter's Youth Club's show DINAH MITE at the old Summerleaze Park School in May 1953 - such were Yeovil's Years.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49526194274577,"sku":"GOR006719697","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49641977053457,"sku":"GOR013370212","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1445600064.jpg?v=1761140644"},{"product_id":"yeovil-through-time-book-jack-william-sweet-9781848686038","title":"Yeovil Through Time","description":"Yeovil Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. 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Jack Sweet seeks to jog the collective memory of Yeovil's past, reliving memories, good, bad and occasionally downright awful (at least for those who had the misfortune to experience one and remain to tell the tale). Perhaps the Californian poet Clarency Urmy (1858-1923) summed it up; 'Old Songs are best - how sweet to hear. The strains of home and memory dear  Old books are best - how tale and rhyme Float with us down the stream of time '","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49585590698257,"sku":"GOR006437667","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1445610612.jpg?v=1760522247"},{"product_id":"more-somerset-tales-book-jack-william-sweet-9781445664514","title":"More Somerset Tales","description":"Somerset is a beautiful county – 'The Land of Summer' – and it is also one of the oldest English counties. 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There is a shocking, surprising and sometimes strange aspect to the county of his birth, the land of legend, beauty and romance.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49625566314769,"sku":"GOR003927101","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1445606518.jpg?v=1760522174"},{"product_id":"shocking-somerset-murders-of-the-nineteenth-century-book-jack-william-sweet-9780861834105","title":"Shocking Somerset Murders of the Nineteenth Century","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50556918300945,"sku":"GOR001275494","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0861834100.jpg?v=1751139555"},{"product_id":"yeovil-history-tour-book-jack-william-sweet-9781445654485","title":"Yeovil History Tour","description":"Daniel Vickery, the editor of the Western Flying Post, wrote in A Sketch of the Town of Yeovil (1856) that ‘The town is surrounded on the South East by three remarkable hills – Babylonhill, Windmill-hill [Wyndham Hill], and Newton-hill. 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