
Living on Tick
Tales from a Huddersfield Corner Shop Between the Wars
Hazel Wheeler(Author)
Amberley Publishing
Will be published approx. on 15. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-84868-411-9 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1920s and '30s the corner shop was not just a place to buy groceries. It was a place to meet familiar faces and help people out. People bought groceries on a daily basis and going to the corner shop provided many people with a daily routine. Yet finding the finances for groceries could be a struggle and, when times were hard, many people would have to obtain their groceries 'on tick'. For some this was a way of life and shopkeepers had to keep a careful balance between credit control and offending customers. Hazel grew up in her father's shop and this collection of stories recalls her memories of those times. Some tales are sad but some are truly hilarious. A charming collection of stories that remember the people, the goods they sold in the shop and a way of life that has now vanished.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chalford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
54 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
294 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84868-411-9 (9781848684119)
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E-Book
04/2009
1st Edition
Amberley Publishing
€9.89
Available for download
Person
Hazel Wheeler was born and raised in Huddersfield where her parents and grandparents ran a grocery shop in Deighton for many years. She wrote five books for Amberley Publishing ranging from local to specialist history.