THERE are not too many authors around like Ted Sherrell — and West Devon is a fortunate place indeed to have a writer whose stories of a certain generation whet the literary appetite like a generous dollop of fresh Devon cream on a tasty scone.

Ted, who was born in Bere Alston, and raised on a farm on the banks of the River Tamar, charms the reader in his latest book with stories and characters of — alas, for many — a forgotten age, that of the early 1950s.

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