Living on Tick. Tales from a Huddersfield Corner Shop Between the Wars (Through Time) - Softcover

Wheeler, Hazel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848684118 ISBN 13: 9781848684119

Publisher: Amberley Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

In the 1920s and '30s the corner shop was not just a place to buy groceries. It was a place to meet familiar faces and help people out. People bought groceries on a daily basis and going to the corner shop provided many people with a daily routine. Yet finding the finances for groceries could be a struggle and, when times were hard, many people would have to obtain their groceries 'on tick'. For some this was a way of life and shopkeepers had to keep a careful balance between credit control and offending customers. Hazel grew up in her father's shop and this collection of stories recalls her memories of those times. Some tales are sad but some are truly hilarious. A charming collection of stories that remember the people, the goods they sold in the shop and a way of life that has now vanished.

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Review:

"Part of our war effort at Central Stores must surely have been in helping to keep people's spirits up. Even in wartime there has to be humor or we'd all be dead. Not from bullets but from sheer monotony."

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848684118
• ISBN 13: 9781848684119
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128