The remarkable photographs in this collection were taken at Bekonscot Model Village in Beaconsfield. A world-famous folly, this building stands as a tribute to English eccentricity, humour and determination. Bailey has perfectly captured its quirkiness and in wonderful tableaux of everyday life he creates an extraordinarily rich and powerful sense of character and atmosphere. Bekonscot's miniature 3000 people and 300 animals becomes real, their lives frozen in time as the reader is carried back to an England when life was simple, secure and unchanging.
