A visit to Osmond’s Tobacconist & Confectioner on Dorchester’s South Street was a happy ritual for young and old alike. Relive the tastes and aromas of a traditional sweet shop in this heart-warming memoir of customers and characters, friendships and family, played out in the rural landscape of a Dorset market town in the 1970s, a time when independent shops not only had a presence on the high street, but contributed to the personality of the town. 

Lucinda Osmond shares the joys and challenges of growing up around a family business on the cusp of...