Author: ROBINSON,SID (SIGNED COPY TO LOCAL HISTORIAN ALAN DUMAYNE)
Title: Sid's Family Robinson: The Story of an Early Twentieth Century Enfiled Working-Class Boy
Description: Enfield: Sid Robinson, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 5¾" - 7¾" Tall. This is a Fine Copy of this book in Publisher's white pictorial laminated boards in a Fine Dust-Jacket which has no chips or tears to extremities.Not price clipped and this copy has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the Author on the Half Title Page to fellow Local Historian Alan Dumayne.This is a wonderful account of life and work in Enfield North London at the beginning of the 20th Century.Alan Dumayne was born in Hornsey but moved to the area early in the 1930s, living for the rest of his life in Winchmore Hill and Southgate.It is Dumayne we have to thank for our most detailed histories of the area. Beginning in the late 80s, he wrote three very readable books on the history of the area 'Southgate: A Glimpse Into The Past' (1987), 'Once Upon A Time in Palmers Green' (1989) and 'Fond Memories of Winchmore Hill' (1990) 8vo 183pp Well illustrated with many wonderful b&w photographs of the area First Edition. Fine .

Keywords: London Enfield Signed Alan Dumayne


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