For history buffs and memoir lovers of the good old days, the way things used to be ... Escape to the past with this third-in-series, local history, and memoir-biography. Margaret Bramford presents the life and times, and true accounts of riverside town, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire (UK), as recollected by Upton residents themselves looking back over the last century. Enjoy this treasure trove of English customs, behaviors, and traditions, and discover which ones survived and which became taboo and obsolete. Be entertained with the light-hearted and fascinating memories and anecdotes of Upton natives-ordinary people with invaluable and wise insights-as they reflect on their lives and riverside town social history in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The author dedicates this book, with gratitude, to those Upton people willing to share memories and their robust, unique voices and cheerful attitude to life!