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PIPPA woke early and went down to the shop as soon as she was dressed. She had big plans for today. Along with her usual duties, she was going to make a start on clearing the back room, and she wanted

ONCE the decision was made, Caleb browsed the internet for days, reading reviews and comparing prices. There was so much choice. He was financing the purchase himself, reasoning it wasn’t fair to burd

JAMIE MASON returned to the village, an arm and leg still in plaster, but a single crutch tucked determinedly under his good arm, convinced that he would soon be back down the pit. As was always the c

WHAT was the man thinking of when he did his shopping? Jessie thought. Two huge, brown paper parcels spilled food on to the kitchen table. Enough to feed a family for a fortnight at least. Slices of t

WOULD you look at the man!” Maggie said. She wasn’t much to look at herself, being as black as sin from the coal dust. She’d just finished a shift at the colliery screens, picking lumps of coal out of

PIPPA struggled to sit up in the darkness of her bedroom. Something had woken her. A noise. She could still hear it. It was loud ringing. It sounded very much like the shop’s alarm system had been set