{"product_id":"my-affection-for-borth-y-gest-norman-spragg-9781452013893","title":"My Affection for Borth-Y-Gest: Through Photographs and Postcards","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book is my attempt to convey my affection for Borth-y-Gest by using photographs of my childhood and also using postcards which I have collected over the years.The postcards show vividly the development of Borth-y-Gest over the years from a thriving ship building community, to a prosperous Bed and Breakfast beach holiday resort and through to today where a majority of the properties are second holiday homes people visit as day trippers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text conveys a little history of the village as well as some family history.My grandfather sailed in the old sailing ships to Europe and the Americas having survived a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy mother was working in the offices of the Slate Quarries which housed valuable crown painting during the war and later worked in a solicitors office belonging Lloyd George's brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Spragg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1452013896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781452013893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.24d","brand":"Norman Spragg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439203299583,"sku":"9781452013893","price":16.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c50521b-69fe-4dae-85d4-5e731498daf4.jpg?v=1777176139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-affection-for-borth-y-gest-norman-spragg-9781452013893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}