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A fresh and engaging celebration of the customs, places, things and peoples that make up what we know as 'the people' in Britain. By its very nature, popular culture is ephemeral: difficult to define, difficult to preserve and even more difficult to revive. But popular culture surrounds us on all sides; Present in our churches, swinging in our bars, dancing in our streets, patiently waiting to be discovered, appreciated, preserved, and cherished. In her book, The Lost People, Lally McBeth seeks to revive these rapidly vanishing customs. It reminds us that popular heritage is available to everyone, and does not belong to an ideal, imagined past, but rather continually emerges from everyday life and societies. In addition to reviewing the meanings of folk customs in British history, she highlights what they can and should represent in the future, encouraging us to use the book as an inspiration, and to become collectors and creators of our own folk traditions.