Shiny Pennies And Grubby Pinafores: How we overcame hardship to raise a happy family in the 1950s
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Shiny Pennies And Grubby Pinafores: How we overcame hardship to raise a happy family in the 1950s
By (Author) Winifred Foley
Little, Brown Book Group
Abacus
1st May 2010
18th March 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
942.410855092
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 128mm, Height 194mm, Spine 19mm
214g
Description
After her years in domestic service, Winifred Foley married and started a family. But, while scraping a living as a charwoman in a rundown north London tenement, she continued to long for her home in the Forest of Dean and the cherished relatives she had left behind. Determined to give their children the rural upbringing she had enjoyed, the young couple moved to an isolated, crumbling cottage not far from the Forest. But even in the 1950s they lacked heating or running water, and money was tight. Food was begged, borrowed or home-grown, and their clothes were hand-me-downs. It was a primitive life of hard work on the land, struggling to make ends meet, and finding strength in the embrace of a loving family.
Author Bio
Born in 1914, Winifred Foley grew up in the Forest of Dean. She died in March 2009.
