As a former resident of Keighley, West Yorkshire, I had regularly read Ian Dewhirst’s fascinating weekly articles in his local history column “Memory Lane” published in
The Keighley News. I met Ian for only the first time when he was guest speaker at the Wakefield and District Family History Society in December 2015. I was impressed by his use of original archived material during his fascinating talk and realised that here was a kindred spirit, albeit one with many, many more years’ experience as historian and author than I may ever achieve. With a copy of
Proper People in hand, I introduced myself and was absolutely delighted when Ian agreed to read and review my first book.
In his covering letter to me, I was particularly flattered by Ian’s remarks:
I must say how much I have enjoyed reading your “Proper People”, and how much I have learned from it. I stand in awe of the huge amount of work and dedication which you have undoubtedly put into it
Just
maybe I had hit my objective of producing an educational and
entertaining volume!
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