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Shiny Pennies and Grubby Pinafores
Winifred Foley
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Description for Shiny Pennies and Grubby Pinafores
Paperback. * A wonderful, heart-warming account of a bygone way of life in rural England in the 1950s Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
After her years in domestic service, Winifred Foley married and started a family. But, while scraping a living as a charwoman in a rundown north London tenement, she continued to long for her home in the Forest of Dean and the cherished relatives she had left behind. Determined to give their children the rural upbringing she had enjoyed, the young couple moved to an isolated, crumbling cottage not far from the Forest. But even in the 1950s they lacked heating or running water, and money was tight. Food was begged, borrowed or home-grown, and their clothes were hand-me-downs. It ... Read more
After her years in domestic service, Winifred Foley married and started a family. But, while scraping a living as a charwoman in a rundown north London tenement, she continued to long for her home in the Forest of Dean and the cherished relatives she had left behind. Determined to give their children the rural upbringing she had enjoyed, the young couple moved to an isolated, crumbling cottage not far from the Forest. But even in the 1950s they lacked heating or running water, and money was tight. Food was begged, borrowed or home-grown, and their clothes were hand-me-downs. It ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349122939
SKU
V9780349122939
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About Winifred Foley
Born in 1914, Winifred Foley grew up in the Forest of Dean. She died in March 2009.
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