This book follows the lives of
2 families over 5 generations, centred in and around Bradford and
starts in 1843. It is fascinating reading about the conditions of those times,
how hard life was and how much the wool industry affected people, with a
huge divide between those who owned the mills and the
workers. A great deal of history has been incorporated
into the book, and the very fact that it is a story makes more of an
impression than just reading a history book. I loved reading about local places
like Saltaire and Shipley Glen, as they are on the doorstep and
I've been to them. As with all families, some
offspring leave their home town and start lives elsewhere. There is huge
diversity where some of them end up and what they do for a living.
Marion
Payne
