Liverpool Taffy Quotes

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― Katie Flynn, Liverpool Taffy: Family Saga

“There were chestnuts roasting on a coal shovel and the miserable Jane was toasting a crumpet, actually smiling as she shielded her face from the flames. They must be celebrating Ray’s return, Biddy thought, climbing quickly up the stairs. What a pity they aren’t a pleasant crowd – how nice it would be to be part of a family again. Still, Ellen’s Mam had asked her to spend Christmas Day with them, that was something to look forward to, and because of a general feeling of”
― Katie Flynn, Liverpool Taffy: Family Saga

“Biddy?’ ‘No, not yet,’ Biddy said, thinking again that the scouse smelled good. ‘I left Virginia Street before Aunt Edie got round to thinking about a meal.’ ‘Right. Just for tonight you might as well eat in ’ere, wi’ us.’ She waddled out of the room and Biddy followed her into a tiny, dark little kitchen with a knee-high sink in one corner and a smelly, coke-burning stove in the other. There was a broken-down chair, a bare electric light bulb overhead and a large table. It was warm because of the stove, but cheerless, unfriendly. All the rooms are the same, they none of them want me, any more than Ma Kettle or her boys do, Biddy thought despairingly. Oh, how will I live in this horrible house with all these horrible people? But it was not a question to which she could give an answer. Instead, she watched as Ma ladled a very small helping of scouse and a”
― Katie Flynn, Liverpool Taffy: Family Saga