The Flanagans, the Tanners and the Lovells all live on the top floor of the Turnbury Buildings - a crumbling Victorian tenement in the heart of London's East End.Nell Flanagan is a decent, hardworking woman, married to Stephen, a tough, heavy-drinking brute of a man, who works as a casual in the ...
Apart from her hair, which was smoothed round big, fat rollers in an attempt to straighten its tight natural curl, she was made-up and dressed, ready for the evening’s work ahead. She tipped her head towards Ginny, who was sitting in the far corner of the dressing-room by the sink putting on her ...
Babs shifted the clothes prop, letting the line slacken so she could reach the sheets that she’d pegged out before she went to the market. ‘How d’yer feel about starting work now yer’ve had a couple of hours to think about it?’ she asked, looking over the wall at Blanche. ‘What time have I had to...
with an excitable squeal: the weekend starts here. ‘I told you Jackie’s mum would get fed up with you hanging around there all the time.’ Vi sounded like she looked – sullen – as she dragged viciously on the cigarette she had just lit from the stub of her previous one. ‘She’s all on top, that Til...
They’d only been in bed a little while – since Archie and Jack had escorted them back to their room, once they were all satisfied that the rioters had packed it in for the night – but sleep was out of the question and she was far too agitated to lie there staring up at the cracks in the ceiling. ...