tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post113398972512596333..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: So farewell then Christine Pullein-ThompsonJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1134001979639416912005-12-08T00:32:00.000+00:002005-12-08T00:32:00.000+00:00You should perhaps look out for "The Hidden River"...You should perhaps look out for "The Hidden River" by Diana Pullein-Thompson. I remember reading a copy I found lying around at my primary school. The story as far as I remember is: country boy goes to stay with aunt in London, having heard from a farmhand about the Fleet river. He has to brave contempt of his aunt (mild) and cousin (scornful) who think he is a bumpkin. Left to his own devices during the day he engages in some quest for the Fleet and gets lost. A strange woman helps him by instructing him how to find his way on the underground back to his aunt's flat. Arriving there he finds everyone still out but then meets his aunt's lorry driver husband on the stairs when he arrives home from some time away on a job. The husband turns out to be much more friendly. Can't now remember what the denouement is. Anyway you see what I mean: there is indeed more to at least one P-T than jodhpurs etc.Tom Barneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318269661959002397noreply@blogger.com