Down Your Way

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For fifteen years Brian Johnston presented BBC Radio 4’s Down Your Way, the last from Lord’s Cricket Ground. From the wealth of material collected for the programmes, he has here selected the most interesting and unusual items to represent the whole range of subjects covered, from history, architecture, ancient ceremonies, traditions, unusual customer, folklore, forgotten crafts, jobs and pastimes to the origins of many wall-known phrases.

In interviewing some 4500 people – many of them marvellous characters – throughout England, Wales and Scotland, Brian Johnston has drawn out from them the stories and anecdotes which represent the uniqueness and rich legacy of the and and the pleasure and pride felt by its people.