Peggy Harris - Quotes/Reviews

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	Judi Spiers BBC Radio Devon To listen to the interview please follow the link Radio Interview December 2014
	... now on its third print run. Sam Harris's Scrapyard had an almost legendary reputation on Dartmoor... Devon Life Magazine April 2012
	Judi Spiers BBC Radio Devon To listen to the interview please follow the link Radio Interview January 2012
	Dartmoor Memoir is back on the shelf.. An intimate account of life on Dartmoor Scrapyard, The Early Years, which has just been reprinted after an original print run of 1,000 sold out in a fortnight.... Western Morning News December 2011
	Life On A Dartmoor Scrap Yard - The Early Years back in circulation '...In a colourful and humorous way Peggy brings to life her childhood memories and tells of many characters, animals and events that have featured in her life as she grew up at the Scrap Yard with her twin brother Bob, older brother Jim and her parents. The book is very honest, sometimes humorous and sometimes heartfelt in its discription of a life that was very hard...' Crediton Courier August 2011
	Book signing frenzy! When Peggy Harris agreed to come and sign copies of her a Dartmoor Scrapyard' none of us could foresee such an response. Over 250 books were signed and sold on the night with people queing from the door and down the road. Even the freezing winter weather did not deter them. Sue Viccars, who edited the book said: "We were all stunned! "We knew Peggy's articles had been very popular in the Magazine, but we didn't expect such an enthusiastic response. It is lovely for Peggy and great for the publisher." Renowned photographer, Chris Chapman, was also present and speech explaining how the book came about. His own evocative large in the book, along with older archive material. Three Crowns Chagford 2009
	Peggy Harris takes us into a world of unique characters and the animals that surrounded her in her early years. She is such a good story teller that she brings to life her memories and experiences in the most colourful way. From comedy, to heartfelt moments anyone interested in the countryside will enjoy this read. E.A.Oliver Reader Review 2010
	AN INTIMATE new memoir of life on Dartmoor is published this week with Peggy Harris's fascinating recollection of life with her father Sam in the scrapyard he ran near Chagford. The story of the harsh reality of life in an old caravan, with little money, is vividly illustrated with the work of Dartmoor photographer Chris Chapman, who has supplied a lot of images for the book. Western Morning News 2010
	'Exeter author Peggy Harris knows more about scrap than most women.... Exeter Express and Echo 2010
	'It was a delight that I was given this book to review. It brought back a flood of memories...' John Earle Dartmoor Magazine 2010
	Life on a Dartmoor Scrapyard: The Early Years '... Her father Sam started the scrap yard in the late 1940s. He lived in an old gypsy caravan on the site, and then in a succession of more modern, secondhand static caravans. He bought an old wooden chalet and the family lived in that, but still used the caravans too. "We could make up push bikes from spare parts, make go-carts, play hide-and-seek in the old cars, we could drive cars, ride motorbikes, but when you came home from school they could be gone. Father would have sold it or given it away. "In the hot summer of 1976 the caravan was like sleeping in an oven at night." This is Exeter 2009

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Book signing frenzy!