Lynn Johnson Unisex The Potteries Girls 3 Books Collection Set By (The Girl From The Workhouse)

Name: Lynn Johnson Unisex The Potteries Girls 3 Books Collection Set By (The Girl From The Workhouse)
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Lynn Johnson

Description:. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. The Girl from the Workhouse:. Staffordshire, 1911. Ginnie Jones's childhood is spent in the shadow of the famous Potteries, living with her mother, father and older sister Mabel. But with Father's eyesight failing, money is in short supply, and too often the family find their bellies aching with hunger. With no hope in sight, Ginnie is sent to Haddon Workhouse. Separated from everything she has known, Ginnie has to grow up fast, earning her keep by looking after the other children with no families of their own.. Wartime with the Tram Girls:. July 1914: Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men disappear off to foreign battlefields, the women left at home throw themselves into jobs meant for the boys. Hiding her privileged background and her suffragette past, Constance Copeland signs up to be a Clippie - collecting money and giving out tickets - on the trams, despite her parents' disapproval.. The...