
The Milliner's Apprentice
Girlhood in Edwardian Yorkshire
Hazel Wheeler(Author)
Amberley Publishing
Will be published approx. on 15. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-84868-409-6 (ISBN)
Description
Travel back in time to village life in rural Edwardian England; a time when children wore starched white pinafores and enjoyed such innocent pleasures as playing with the little windmills given to them by the rag-and-bone man. In this evocative narrative of her mother's idyllic childhood, growing up in Jasmine Cottage, Boroughbridge, Hazel Wheeler recreates the life of a country constable's family through story, anecdote and song. She describes Hilda's first day at school, the fortunes of her elder brother Willie, who became a footman in London, and that auspicious occasion when Hilda won a prize for the best essay on Citizenship on Empire Day in 1915. She recalls Hilda's first day as a milliner's apprentice and her subsequent move to become a wartime post girl. Throughout these fascinating sketches of her mother and her family, Hazel also describes the close-knit community in which they lived. This serves as a vital backdrop to the delightful tales which make this book so enthralling.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chalford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
64 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84868-409-6 (9781848684096)
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E-Book
05/2009
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.