Twenty-five years in the making, this book offers a unique view of Merric Boyd’s life in Murrumbeena. There, he spent most of his life and created almost all of his remarkable pottery.

Includes many works of art by Lucy and her husband, sculptor, potter and decorator, Hatton Beck. It also features pottery by Lucy’s son, Robert Beck and his wife, decorator, Margot, and by Margot’s mother and friend of the Boyds, painter, Friedl Gardner.

A record of Penleigh’s life, as well as that of his wife, Edith, and their two sons, John (Pat) and Robin. It has numerous works of art by Penleigh and by his parents, Emma Minnie Boyd and Arthur Merric Boyd. It also includes works by Edith.

Approximately 200 photographs and other images of Murrumbeena’s past, many which have not been published before. Set out in chapters which include Murrumbeena Village, Murrumbeena Railway Station and Taxi Service, The Outer Circle Railway and Murrumbeena Creek.