Hay-on-Wye Book

This book is largely composed of the memories of some of the older residents of Hay who recorded their recollections about the owners and occupiers of the main streets of the town - Broad Street, Castle Street, Lion Street, High Town - and events associated with these properties.

The tales relate to idiosyncratic practices adopted by some shopkeepers, of pranks played by children, of ghosts, fleeting memories, passing love affairs, of characters that once played a large part in the town's life.

With photographic pullouts of the same streets giving a full view of the properties concerned, it is a book that is of interest to both residents and visitors alike and makes each building more than just an architectural feature at which to look or to enter.