Publications
One Camp Chair in the Living Room: A Woman's Life in Rottingdean, by Margaret Ward, published July 1988 (53 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733157 & ISBN-13: 9780904733150) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & East Sussex Libraries
Born in 1916, Margaret Ward describes her life as a 'winding lane' because of the many twists and turns it has taken. Her autobiography describes her childhood in Rottingdean, growing up amongst a loving family in the picturesque Sussex seaside village. For Margaret, 'nowhere in the world is there such a lovely place' to grow up.
Her story moves from childhood, through adolescence and working life to her eventual retirement. She recounts the inevitable good and bad times that she experienced, in her story of family life in a close-knit community of a trusting bygone age, when villagers knew and trusted their neighbours, and could leave their doors open or let their children roam freely outdoors.
Her story moves from childhood, through adolescence and working life to her eventual retirement. She recounts the inevitable good and bad times that she experienced, in her story of family life in a close-knit community of a trusting bygone age, when villagers knew and trusted their neighbours, and could leave their doors open or let their children roam freely outdoors.
Memories of Rottingdean, by Margaret Ward, published 1993 (40 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733394 & ISBN-13: 9780904733396) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries