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The Castlefield Protector

I often interview people when I’m working on a book, and they happily find time to talk to me and share their memories of times past, the work they used to do whether in the mill or munitions, farming or forestry, in war or peace. I like to be able to properly describe some activity for my heroine during a particular scene or while a piece of dialogue is taking place.

For this book I chatted

Ruby McBride

Today the Manchester
Ship Canal is a fashionable
dockland area developed for leisure, commerce and housing. Affectionately known as the ‘Big Ditch’, it
was formally opened by Queen Victoria in May 1894. Manchester was a fast
growing city not only because of Lancashire cotton but the city was also strong
on engineering and manufacture. Being landlocked, all goods had to be
transported by road or

Dancing on Deansgate

Jess’s problems, possessing an abusive uncle and a feckless mother, and with her beloved father away fighting in the war, she felt sorely in need of running her own life. She finally decided to do something positive, but didn’t find it easy to get the band underway.

She also worried if she’d ever be rid of the man she didn’t care for, and eventually find the one she loved and had lost?


Jess

The Joy of Writing

I accept that writing can be a difficult process. At the start of my career when a book was rejected I would deal with drying my tears, put on a pot of coffee, and stoutly concentrate on writing another book, taking any criticisms into account. Persistence, patience and practise are three essentials. I have no problem finding time to write, spending hours each day, being a full time job. In the

Our fascinating holiday.

We had a wonderful cruise in Canada and Alaska, including Vancouver, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Hubbard glacier and many more. Fascinating!














After our cruise we then went on the Rocky Mountaineer, which was fascinating and lasted two full days, seeing marvellous views of the rockies.





 



 




We took this picture from the room where we were staying. Fabulous!

The Salford Sagas.

I have several favourite sagas and four of my original books which are part of my backlist will be republished by Canelo on 26th August. They have always sold well as have my others, including The Girl From Poorhouse Lane Series now published by Canelo and selling well.




I sincerely hope these other books will also do well for them. I will put up pictures of them closer to the time. But here

My Great Uncles

Herbert Akred (my great uncle)
Born 1890 Died July 22, 1917 in the First World War.
Pte – 27892
South Lancs Regt. 8th Bn

He had lived in: 13 Percy Street, Accrington or 14 Royd Street, Accrington. And was married to Agnes Froggatt and had a child: Bertha Akred.

He was 27 when he died in Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery
Ypres (leper) Arrondisement Leper, (West-Vlaanderen) Belgium
Plot: 1. F. 6.

The First World War in France.

We’ve recently enjoyed a wonderful holiday in France exploring the First World War, feeling keen to find evidence of our great uncles who were killed. I didn’t find mine as Herbert Akred was killed in Belgian, which we didn’t visit. But we did find my husbands uncle.The first day we started at the battlefields of Gommecourt where the Pals regiments from the Midlands and London fought. In the

Mujeres en el Frente

Mujeres en el Frente is number 1 on Sagas and Video familiar, plus 8 on Ficción femenina on Amazon.es - Spain.





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Poor House Lane Series

Editions of Poor House Lane Series have been published this month by Canelo, provided with good new covers.

1 -The Girl from Poor House Lane

What lengths will a mother go to in order to protect her son? The first in the historical Poor House Lane sagas
The slums of Poor House Lane are no place to bring up a child, and Kate O'Connor struggles to make ends meet when her beloved husband is killed,