· Gerald Seymour used our Ampney Crucis in one of his spy stories as the birthplace and origin of his main character.
·
Christina Jones, in her novel “Nothing to Lose”, moved Ampney Crucis from Gloucestershire
to the Dorset
coast near Bournemouth and gave it a run-down greyhound racing stadium !
Before villagers pick up their pens to complain about her geography, please
read Christina’s explanation. She writes …
“
… I unashamedly pinched Ampney Crucis because my Dad (he died 7
years ago - sadly long before I started writing books) and I used to visit the
village and decided it was the place where he wanted to live. In Nothing to Lose I moved it to the south
coast in memory of my Mum who always wanted to live in a beach hut !
Therefore I felt I'd done as much as I could to make their dreams come true -
even if it was only fictional and far too late.”