{"product_id":"my-affection-for-borth-y-gest-through-photographs-and-postcards-9781452013893","title":"My Affection for Borth-Y-Gest: Through Photographs and Postcards","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Norman Spragg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is my attempt to convey my affection for Borth-y-Gest by using photographs of my childhood and also using postcards which I have collected over the years.The postcards show vividly the development of Borth-y-Gest over the years from a thriving ship building community, to a prosperous Bed and Breakfast beach holiday resort and through to today where a majority of the properties are second holiday homes people visit as day trippers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text conveys a little history of the village as well as some family history.My grandfather sailed in the old sailing ships to Europe and the Americas having survived a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy mother was working in the offices of the Slate Quarries which housed valuable crown painting during the war and later worked in a solicitors office belonging Lloyd George's brother.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authorhouse UK","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47580111503511,"sku":"9781452013893","price":1395.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781452013893.webp?v=1774911662","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/my-affection-for-borth-y-gest-through-photographs-and-postcards-9781452013893","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}