This glorious book made for a fantastic first read of the holidays. I’d previously read and very much enjoyed the author’s book ‘Terms and Conditions’ in a nice edition from Slightly Foxed about life in girls’ boarding schools.
In this latest book the author does something similar with childhood memories of the long summer holidays between 1930 and 1980. It made me immediately nostalgic for the interminable and absurdly complex games inside or out that children devised to fill their days. Detailed record-keeping essential.
In addition it covers every conceivable type of holiday from day trips, camping, boarding houses to the exotic overseas..and has a significant point to make about the increasing absence of childhood from the outdoor world.
The Solitary Reader 