A history of the business of Mr. William Best, retired market gardener and fruit and potato merchant, Dunfermline
Best, Arlene Catherine Stevenson
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This collection offers a fascinating glimpse of a vanished age and is a unique piece of social history. With twenty-five images of the family, horses and vehicles to illustrate the text, a picture is formed of an enterprising family, headed by William Best, working long hours to maintain and expand their business from selling fruit and vegetables, to opening chip shops with a sideline in making crisps and pig rearing to meet a demand for bacon. Told in great detail with prices of produce and equipment, there is much to interest the historian. Two letters from Charlie Best, about to to de-mod in 1919, provide a valuable insight into life at that time.
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Imprint:
1970.
Collation:
11p. ; photos.
Local class:
B/BES
Language:
English
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BRN:
3441104