Timpson on the Verge

by John Timpson (Artist)

80 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

About the author

John Harry Robert Timpson OBE was a British journalist, best known as a radio presenter.

His experiences in broadcasting provided Timpson with material for several books: "Today and Yesterday" (1976), "The Lighter Side of Today" (1983) and "The Early Morning Book" (1986). After his retirement from the BBC he returned to Norfolk and continued writing, especially about England and East Anglia in particular. These included a novel "Paper Trail" published in 1989 and two works on the quirks and oddities of English life - "Timpson's England" (1987) and "Timpson's Towns" (1989). Subsequent books included "Timpson’s English Villages" (1992), "Timpson’s Other England (1993)", "Timpson’s English Country Inns" (1995) and "Timpson on the Verge" (2002).

In 1987 he was awarded an OBE for his services to broadcasting.

Reviews

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting pictorial tour round some of Norfolk's village signs. Each village sign has a photograph and then a paragraph or two explaining what appears on the sign and some local folklore, which was all fascinating. I have two main criticisms - sometimes when a sign is different on each side, it would be nice to have a picture of both sides, not just a description of what the "other" side shows, and a map showing where the villages are in Norfolk would help those who are geographically-challenges, such as myself.