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The Mill Girls of Albion Lane by Jenny Holmes

The Mill Girls of Albion Lane by Jenny Holmes

This is a heart-warming and gritty tale of working class family life set in Bradford in 1931. With the after effects of the first world war still taking their toll and the depression looming on the ho ...
Book snobbery or books you should have read.

Book snobbery or books you should have read.

There is a huge amount of intellectual snobbery around books.  Only this week in Coronation Street, Ken Barlow the street’s token intellectual, recommended that Audrey Roberts swopped her paperback ro ...
Are you enjoying reading this website?

Are you enjoying reading this website?

Imagine what it would be like if you were unable to read! Some children do not learn to read easily and need some extra one-to-one help. Beanstalk is a national charity which recruits and trains volun ...