Blogs in January 1970

The Sugar Girls 1st January 1970

Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End Factories ‘On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle’s refinery on the shining curve of the...

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A Poisoned Season 1st January 1970

This mystery is about the descendants of the French monarchy: items are being stolen from the legacy of Marie Antoinette: Emily is receiving anonymous poems written in Greek: David Francis has been murdered….

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Salaam Brick Lane 1st January 1970

After ten years living abroad, Tarquin Hall wanted to return to his native London. Lured by his nostalgia for a leafy suburban childhood spent in south-west London, he returned with his Indian-born, American fiance in tow. But, priced out...

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The Journal of Dora Damage 1st January 1970

London, 1859. By the time Dora Damage discovers that her husband Peter has arthritis in his hands, it is too late – their book-binding business is in huge debt and the family is on the brink of entering the...

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Never Coming Home 1st January 1970

All she has left is hope. When Kaz Elmore is told her five-year-old daughter Jamie has died in a car crash, she struggles to accept that she’ll never see her little girl again. Then a stranger comes into her...

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