The Donkey Stone & Dolly Blue Days

The Donkey Stone & Dolly Blue Days
Author: David Prestbury
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2008-09-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0955977711

a social history, autobiographical in verse, growing up in East Manchester, England in the late fifties & early sixties with lots of good humour drawn from true life experiences

Oasis & the Twisted Wheel

Oasis & the Twisted Wheel
Author: David Prestbury
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2007-11-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0955977703

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POETRY (WELL ILLUSTRATED) SET IN 1960'S MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. OF THE STREET LIFE & THE VIBRANT SIXTIES MUSIC & CLUB SCENE - DRAWN FROM TRUE LIFE EXPERIENCES, OBSERVATIONS & 'SEX'SATIONS

For Our Children

For Our Children
Author: David Prestbury
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2009-11-20
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0955977738

A book of poems & stories for children & grown ups to enjoy, with lots of good humour & wit, well illustrated by the author, a feel good book to cherish.

The Chocolate Box Girls

The Chocolate Box Girls
Author: Gracie Hart
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2024-08-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 140596331X

Rowntrees Factory, York 1936 The aroma of chocolate was as familiar to Molly Freeman as the nose on her face. Living and schooling on Haxby Road alongside the Rowntrees Chocolate Factory, Molly watched the daily trudge of women employed there in their white uniforms as she sat at her school desk. When Molly secures a job on the production line at the factory, she's excited to become one of these women. As she labours hard at the factory, she meets Connie. Quickly the two form a close friendship, and Molly begins to see the world differently. Living their lives to the fullest, loving the wrong men, working long hours, and sharing tears of friendship and heartbreak but always being known and being proud to be called The Rowntrees Chocolate Box Girls Molly and Connie make the most of their lives.

What My Mother Told Me

What My Mother Told Me
Author: Madge Millard-Brawn
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2009-11-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0955974003

Story of mine and my mother's life first through her eyes and then through mine

Postpsychiatry

Postpsychiatry
Author: Patrick J. Bracken
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2005-12-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780198526094

For most of us the words madness and psychosis conjure up fear and images of violence. Using short stories, the authors consider complex philosphical issues from a fresh perspective. The current debates about mental health policy and practice are placed into their historical and cultural contexts.

That'll be the Day

That'll be the Day
Author: Freda Lightfoot
Publisher: Canelo
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2019-09-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1788636708

Flowers spill everyone's secrets... Working on their busy flower stall in Champion Street Market, Lynda and her mother, Betty, have lots of opportunities to observe their customers and speculate about their lives. Sam regularly buys bouquets for his wife, Judy, so why does she always look so worn out and miserable? Then there's Leo, who comes every week for flowers for his mother, but has never bought so much as a rosebud for his elegant wife. As for Lynda's father, he ran off long ago, so is it any wonder that she has such a low opinion of men? But could all that really be about to change? A gripping saga of gossip and parenthood set around a beautiful flower stall in 1950s Manchester, perfect for fans of Pam Howes and Nadine Dorries. Praise for That'll be the Day 'You can’t put a price on Freda Lightfoot’s stories from Manchester’s 1950s Champion Street Market. They bubble with enough life and colour to brighten up the dreariest day and they have characters you can easily take to your heart’ Northern Echo ‘You won't want to put it down’ 5* Reader review ‘The twists and turns leave you gasping’ 5* Reader review ‘The Champion Street Market stories are so realistic’ 5* Reader review

The Worst of Times

The Worst of Times
Author: Nigel Gray
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 135188025X

First Published in 2017. This book was created as a result of the anger the author when he first encountered the arguments of a school of economic historians who claim that there was no Great Depression in Britain between the wars. Broadly, they suggest that while some traditional industries were badly affected, new ones like man-made fibres and electricity supply rose to prosperity. The gross national product increased over the period, and many people became steadily more affluent. Radio sets, seaside holidays, even family cars, became commonplace.

Evil Relations (formerly published as Witness)

Evil Relations (formerly published as Witness)
Author: Carol Ann Lee
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2012-04-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1780574800

The chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial gives his account of the case after more than four decades of silence Despite standing as chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial, David Smith was vilified by the public due to the accusations thrown at him by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady about his involvement in their crimes. Hindley's later confession that she and Brady had lied in an attempt to reduce their sentences did little to diminish the slurs against his name. For over four decades, Smith was asked by writers and film-makers to tell his story. Apart from a handful of brief interviews, he always refused. Carol Ann Lee met Smith during her research for One of Your Own, her critically acclaimed biography of Hindley, following which he finally agreed to reveal all. In Evil Relations (previously published as Witness), interviews, archival research and, most significantly, David Smith's own vivid memoir are fused to create an unforgettable, often harrowing account of his life before, during and after the Moors Murders. David Smith lived in rural Ireland with his wife prior to his death in May 2012. He is survived by four children and several grandchildren. Carol Ann Lee is an acclaimed biographer and has written extensively on the Holocaust. Her most recent publication, One of Your Own, focused on the life and death of Myra Hindley.