Blogs in January 1970

Already Dead 1st January 1970

A summer of endless rain in the Peak District leaves the officers of Derbyshire’s CID with a problem. They have discovered a man’s body lying in shallow water, but torrential rain has swollen the rivers and flooded the roads,...

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The Wild Hunt 1st January 1970

In the wild, windswept Welsh marches a noble young lord rides homewards, embittered, angry and in danger. He is Guyon, lord of Ledworth, heir to threatened lands, husband-to-be of Judith of Ravenstow. Their union will save his lands –...

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This is Paradise 1st January 1970

The Alldens live in a ramshackle house in suburban Bath. Don and Emily have four children: confident Liz, satirical Clive, shy Lotte, and Benjamin, the late arrival. Together they take the usual knocks, go to work, go abroad, go...

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The Tea House on Mulberry Street 1st January 1970

This book interweaves the lives and stories of several well crafted characters, and the tea house is the thread that binds them all. This is a book, set in Belfast, where people find comfort in tea and food.

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Marriage Material 1st January 1970

If you’ve approached Bains Stores recently, you’d be forgiven for hesitating on doing so. A prominent window advert for a discontinued chocolate bar suggests the shop may have closed in 1994. The security shutters are stuck a quarter-open, adding...

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