Our amazing author, Bridget Ashton, attended the Morpeth Book Festival in Northumberland on 31 March 2022. The author spoke about her book, Hay Before the Bookshops or the Beeman's Family, and shared the history behind the book. The images of the event are attached with the news.

Hay Before the Bookshops or the Beeman's Family is a historical autobiography about the Beeman’s family. The book shares the family's living situation and the childhood of Ashton during the post-war era of the 1940s and 1950s. Get the book here to read more about the Beeman family.

Bridget Ashton is a well-respected local historian, born in the Welsh town of Hay to a beekeeper family. She is married and has four children. She has written several local history books, taught the English language to new citizens and is a strong advocate of green energy schemes.