It's a cold winter's night in 1906 but nothing can dampen the high spirits of Constance Bannerman and her fellow skivvy and best friend, Nella. For tomorrow, Constance can escape her life of drudgery at Doctor Sowerby's home in Newcastle by marrying her handsome sweetheart, the prosperous John Ed...
Kate’s neck was beginning to ache and her shoulders, too. She was standing facing the window in the room Howard called his ‘studio’ but she was not looking directly into the light. ‘That would make you squint,’ Howard had explained. The first time she came he had asked her to bring her creel and ...
Should I have travelled to London on Friday the thirteenth? Well, I did, and I’m here, and to prove it to myself, if no one else, I am actually writing it down in my diary. The journey from Newcastle to King’s Cross took nearly six hours and I was the only passenger who remained in the compartmen...
Kay, Shirley and Jane were sitting with mugs of cocoa at the kitchen table. This was the room they inhabited most, for although the sitting room was attractive and had the benefit of a sofa and armchairs, it never got quite as warm as the kitchen when the fire was going full blast. &n...