Blogs in September 2023

The Maid of Lindal Hall 5th September 2023

Barrow-in-Furness, 1933 The days of the Barrow Union at Roose are numbered and it is due be closed, along with all the other workhouses. Instead ‘Cottage Homes’ have been set up for pauper children, where they live under the...

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Annie of Ainsworth’s Mill 6th May 2022

1897: Young Annie Maguire is leaving the only home she has ever known, the family farm in County Down. Driven away by poverty and the death of Annie’s mother, she and her beloved father are looking for a place...

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The Gypsy’s Daughter 2nd July 2021

Harmony ‘Harry’ Loveridge is growing up on a farm in post-war Kent. With a Gypsy for a father, she has had a somewhat unconventional, yet happy life. But Harry has always hoped for more. And with ambitions to go...

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The Gypsy Bride 22nd May 2020

‘your Gypsy loves you so much he’s ready to put his head in a noose for you!’ 1922: Harvest time in the Chilterns. A Gypsy falls in love with a lonely girl in a close-knit Evangelical community. Opposed on...

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