Pig on the Wall
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Product Code: MLP/P/3
Product Condition: New
A companion volume to 'My Daughter is a Donington Goth'. Writer and poet Rob Gee, spent several weeks in and around Moira in Leicestershire, gathering their impressions of the village, from local residents who shared their memories and anecdotes, and their feelings about the place they call home.
He spent time with community groups and visited local places of interest as well as simply hanging around the village. Peoples comments were recorded and, from a cross section of these responses, Rob created this selection of poetry and prose.
Photographer Linda Young, took pictures inspired by Robs text and her own conversations with locals.
Historic images were provided by Graham Knight of Moira Replan.
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