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A Lifetime in the Building
Christine AdamsMichael McMahon
其他書名
The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and the House She Moved
出版Aurum Press, 2009
主題Antiques & Collectibles / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralSocial Science / Customs & TraditionsTechnology & Engineering / Construction / General
ISBN184513396X9781845133962
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TUoqAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"In 2007 the BBC's immensely popular Antiques Roadshow broadcast, unprecedentedly, two features on a truly remarkable woman. Her niece, Christine Adams, had come to a Norfolk Roadshow with some memorabilia from the house of her aunt, May Savidge. But this was only a tiny fraction of the house's contents, and only hinted at the facts of May Savidge's life. Now, Christine Adams tells how she discovered the full story. May Savidge lived in a half-timbered house in Hertfordshire. When the council served her with a compulsory purchase notice to make way for a roundabout, May decided she had to move - but so did the house. So she had the whole thing dismantled and shipped to the North Norfolk coast...and then spent the rest of her life rebuilding it, single-handed. But she also filled that house with everything she had ever possessed in her life: every bus ticket, item of clothing, and a voluminous daily diary. When she finally became ill and died, and guiltily bequeathed the still --