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Abberley: A Recollection

by Elizabeth Dowd

254 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-0536; ISBN 1-4120-8780-5; US$21.90, C$25.19, EUR17.99, £12.59

"Stop the world, I want to get off" - a catch-phrase from the sixties. We got off and this is how we did it.

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"Stop the World I want to get off" was a catch phrase in the sixties. We managed to get off and this is the story of how we did it. Our marriage was the occasion of moving from being 'townies' to learning a limited 'Self Sufficiency' lifestyle in the heart of rural Worcestershire; while melding a bachelor and a widow with two sons into a family unit, at the same time as integrating 147A and 156 into one house. Bash through walls and swap windows for doors with us as we turn our dream into a reality.

Read about Charlie's chickens and the fate of Isobel the isolate. Of our cantankerous donkey ' Buffers' and Dinah the Dexter heifer who was in a class of her own as a 'show' jumper. Of sheep and lambing and a gun-shy spaniel who became 'one of the family'

Come into the kitchen while we make jam and preserves, bottle fruit and bake bread. Brew beer and make wine and many other delectable items.

Experience the different tempo of the seasons as we look at a typical year of country and village life.

Follow us as we go seeking that 'something' more that we felt sure existed. How we found it and the way it changed our lives.

All this and so much more awaits you in Abberley a Recollection

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Long before "Been there, done that" was the vogue, Elizabeth personified it. She is a sprinter rather than a marathon type. Whenever she either needs or would like to try something new she goes for it. Once she has done it to her own level of satisfaction she looks around for the next thing.

In her time she has been a nurse, served in the W.R.A.F. and been a full time wife and mother. Later she lived the "self-sufficiency" lifestyle, ran a catering business and attended Bible College.

After College Elizabeth and her husband James had a three fold ministry in Mid Wales.

James as Pastor of Pendref Chapel and together running a Christian Bookshop and their home "Plas yn Dre" as a small Christian Guesthouse

As a Pastor's wife Elizabeth has seen her role as "helpmeet" and "sounding board" for ideas and discussion. She led groups and did counselling. She was a seminar leader, trainer and counsellor for "Tell Wales" a National Evangelistic Campaign throughout Wales. She also found time to be a founder member of the Wholefood Co-operative, making and selling Soya products to its members.

In 1990 the Lord called them both to South Africa to be used in the ministry of reconciliation where her particular ministries of hospitality and encouragement have been much used.

They returned to South Wales in June 2001. There they became involved in the setting up of a Community Association and a Community Centre.

In 2005 the Lord moved them on yet again and they are now settled in Co Sligo Ireland where they both feel they have come home. They are now writing and enjoying a more laid back lifestyle.

When not writing she enjoys cooking for friends and the ensuing discussions around the table. Reading, listening to classical music and doing jigsaws and Sudoku with James.

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