BOOKS ABOUT COTTON

"LYDIA" 
by 
PIP WRIGHT
Pawprint Publishing 
ISBN 0-9548298-2-4
Price: £7.95

Available from bookshops local to Stowmarket or from 
Pip Wright - 
Pipandjoy14@aol.com
www.pipwright.com

Please mention this website when ordering the book.

Lydia is a true story... well, very nearly! Set in the Hartismere district of Suffolk in the period 1785 - 1826, every person and place in this book really existed. Most of the events, however trivial can be verified by reference to parish and other records. No names have been changed, except for the occasional Christian name where too many people shared the same name.
For all that, this is not simply a history; it is a historical novel that seeks to explore the lives of the poor two hundred years ago. Its focus is a young girl from Cotton in Suffolk by the name of Lydia Saunders and her family. We first learn about her parents, Anne & Robert, but this is really the story of Lydia and her six sisters. It is a story about crime and punishment, love and its abuse, and the good times and bad times enjoyed and endured by the labourers of Suffolk in Georgian England. 
When my wife Joy died of cancer in July, we had already published a number of local history books and had at least three more, well underway. I travel around East Anglia giving local history lectures. Lydia was always Joy’s favourite, and a book that has taken five years to bring into being. I have decided to publish it as a limited edition. As well as serving as a memorial to Joy, it is a good story that just shouted to be told. And it is all true... except for the bits I made up.

BYGONE COTTON

Compiled By Pip & Joy Wright

Published 2005

A compilation of old photos from the village of Cotton, Suffolk.

£5.00 All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to The Friends Of Cotton Church
Available from bookshops local to Stowmarket or from 
Pip Wright -  Pipandjoy14@aol.com

STOWMARKET HISTORY AND HERITAGE
2007
e mail - neil@stowman.plus.com