Publications
Mumming, howling and hoodening: midwinter rituals in Sussex, Kent and Surrey, by Geoff Doel, Fran Doel, published 1992 (64 pp., Rainham: Meresborough, ISBN-10: 0948193743 & ISBN-13: 9780948193743) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Spring and Summer Customs in Sussex, Kent and Surrey, by Fran & Geoff Doel, published December 1995 (64 pp., Meresborough Books, ISBN-10: 0948193832 & ISBN-13: 9780948193835) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Christmas Past in Sussex, by Fran & Geoff Doel, published 30 September 2005 (192 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752436708 & ISBN-13: 9780752436708) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15482] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Providing readers with a seasonal anthology of the county, this collection of Sussex carols and customs, seasonal recipes and literary tales, re-examines the rich heritage of Christmas past from around the county. It features Christmas disasters, such as the Lewes avalanche, to well-known seasonal songs - such as Good King Wenceslas.
The Hop Bin: An Anthology of Hop Picking in Kent and East Sussex, by Fran & Geoff Doel, published 1 May 2014 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752493612 & ISBN-13: 9780752493619) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:For 400 years Kent and East Sussex were vividly and visibly associated with the cultivation of hops. Fran and Geoff Doel have evoked this bygone world of hopping by gathering together a wide range of social and literary accounts, poems and songs from the Tudor period to the present day, each with a contextual introduction. The selection illustrates both the 'rose-tinted' image and the harsher reality of a distinctive aspect of rural life in the south east.