Over the Distant Hill

For Robert Lawson, the six weeks he and his family spent picking hops in Kent every year was an almost magical time. Scrumping for apples, living in huts, even getting scratched by the sharp hop bines was all part of the adventure. for a teenage boy, this was his chance for a first romance, in between making and racing go-karts, fighting off the local lads and learning the hard way about electric fences! Those bygone summers were the highlight of the lives of many for whom the 'paid holidays' were their only escape from drab post-war London.Lawson, Robert is the author of 'Over the Distant Hill', published 2006 under ISBN 9781842624296 and ISBN 1842624296.