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  • The Sweethearts

    Tales of love, laughter and hardship from the Yorkshire Rowntree's girls

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire“On a warm Monday morning in 1932, just two days after leaving school, fourteen-year-old Madge was about to join her nine brothers and sisters at Rowntree’s. The smell of chocolate was in the air but as she walked up the road, her footsteps slowed at the daunting thought of what ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Great Fire of London

    In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666

    by Neil Hanson ...
    Acclaim for The Great Fire of London"Popular narrative history at its best, well researched, imaginatively and dramatically written. . . . The author marshals his story and his mass of contemporary quotations with great skill."—Times Literary Supplement"The brilliance of its narrative chapters . . . a marvelous eye for evocative detail. Hanson’s prose is animated by the ferocious energy of the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Isle of Man Car Races 1904 1953

    by Neil Hanson ...
    In 1904 the Isle of Man became the cradle of car racing in the British Isles when its self-governing status enabled the Island's public roads to be closed for motor racing. Starting in 1905, the Island's early Tourist Trophy car races led directly to the motorcycle TT Races which have continued virtually without interruption to this day. The Island's first phase of car racing extended from 1904 to ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Madge’s story

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 1 - Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS
    This is Madge’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“On the morning of her Rowntrees job interview, on a warm Monday morning in July 1932, Fourteen-year-old Madge Fisher stood fidgeting in the hallway of her terraced house while her mother, Margaret, pinned ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Wish You Were Here!

    The Lives, Loves and Friendships of the Butlin's Girls

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in the breeze… There seemed to be laughter coming from every building.’With grey post-WWII skies hanging low over Britain, factories lining the streets ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Inn at the Top

    Tales of Life at the Highest Pub in Britain

    by Neil Hanson ...
    The delightful tale of a young couple who in the late 1970s, on impulse, became the new landlords of the most remote, bleak and lonely pub - The Tan Hill Inn - located in the bleak landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. Having seen an article in the newspaper about the pub's search for a new manager, they arrived just three weeks later as the new landlords of the The Tan Hill Inn. It is a wild, wind ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Hilary’s Story (Individual stories from WISH YOU WERE HERE!, Book 1)

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 1 - Individual stories from WISH YOU WERE HERE!
    One of seven touching true stories from Wish You Were Here!, the tale of Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in the breeze… There seemed to be laughter coming from every building.’With grey post-WWII skies hanging low over Britain, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Eileen’s story

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 3 - Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS
    This is Eileen’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“Eileen’s dad worked at the Rowntree’s factory loading cocoa beans into the grinding mills; it was hard physical work, but he was a tall and powerful figure and very fit. Eileen was only five when war broke ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Mavis’s Story (Individual stories from WISH YOU WERE HERE!, Book 2)

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 2 - Individual stories from WISH YOU WERE HERE!
    One of seven touching true stories from Wish You Were Here!, the tale of Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in the breeze… There seemed to be laughter coming from every building.’With grey post-WWII skies hanging low over Britain, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Florence’s story (Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS, Book 2)

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 2 - Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS
    This is Florence’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“Florence was born in 1923 and remembers sleeping three or four to a bed with the other children. ‘If it was really cold, my mum would give us the shelf out of the fireside oven, wrapped in a piece of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Valerie’s Story (Individual stories from WISH YOU WERE HERE!, Book 3)

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 3 - Individual stories from WISH YOU WERE HERE!
    One of seven touching true stories from Wish You Were Here!, the tale of Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in the breeze… There seemed to be laughter coming from every building.’With grey post-WWII skies hanging low over Britain, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Sue’s Story (Individual stories from WISH YOU WERE HERE!, Book 5)

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 5 - Individual stories from WISH YOU WERE HERE!
    One of seven touching true stories from Wish You Were Here!, the tale of Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in the breeze… There seemed to be laughter coming from every building.’With grey post-WWII skies hanging low over Britain, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD