Filling in

I’D seen an advertisement in my father’s newspaper for women to work on the canal boats. It said applicants should be of a robust constitution. I’m quite robust, so why not? I’d give it a go. “Look, D

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Mary was as good as any lad – and she was going to prove it

BETH felt her heart pound as she made haste towards the Whitechapel Road. Why had Mrs Mears let out such a cry and thrown down the newspaper with unseemly urgency? Why had she bidden her maid to fetch

IT had been a long, hard drive. Frances had left early, hoping to get away before the rush hour – only to discover that the rush hour started earlier still. She stopped for a break further south than

MUM! Mum!” Fiona burst through the back door to find her mother at the stove. They always had tea early as Fiona was in bed by eight. Her mother would have spent the whole morning cleaning other peopl