Second part of a trilogy (Volume 2) (The Years Between) - Softcover

Forshaw, Lilian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908616644 ISBN 13: 9781908616647

Publisher: Berforts Group Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

You could say Brighton was racier than ever in the 1920s. Certainly the young people chorused, 'Live for the day.' Clara and her daughter Dolly had no home of their own. The only roof over their heads was where they worked. By chance of her beautiful teeth Clara found a safe haven as house keeper for a Dental surgeon, but was soon facing a moral dilemma. Dolly became live-in personal maid to a lady who liked to be addressed as, 'Madam,.' Dolly, now known as Violet, that sounding classier was taught to anticipate Madam's needs briskly; knowing what jewellery to lay out and how to match her cigarette holders with the right smoking glove. Violet was on the receiving end of many throw outs making her a fashion plate among her set on her afternoon off, having fun on the ballroom floor and on the beach with their gramophone. The Wall Street Crash sent both mother and daughter's lives to change again. Clara experienced enough to take another live-in position on call 24 hours a day. For Dolly, life went from the absurd to the completely dotty.As a live-in maid in a 1930s declining middle class household, where she was forbidden to use the family's indoor washing and toilet facilities; only one half day off a week and not allowed out without her employers permission, was for a young woman hard to keep her sense of humour. Although, when an offer came that would take her away from a life in service, she hesitated. Clara advised her daughter, 'A plumber's job may be dirty but he will never be out of work.' Before my story leaves the 1930s I will by chance of location introduce my reader to the Forshaw family.

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Review

Verbal review - Professor Jardine did not write any comment about All Change 1919-1940, but not long before she passed away she did speak to me. Telling me, 'You've done it again Lilian. Keep recording your grandmother and mother's lives.

About the Author

Lilian Forshaw was born in Brighton Sussex and studied at Brighton Art College where she specialised in painting and industrial pottery. Before training to be a teacher she took time out to paint and work in Venice. She has continued to explore new techniques, recently having success painting portrait miniatures. She now lives near Battle in East Sussex. Having told the family so many tales of her grandmother Clara, born in 1868, Lilian's daughter said, 'If you don't write granma's story down it will be lost forever.' But where should she start? Then it all fell into place when a chance remark turned her attention to her collection of Willow pattern China. 'I bet those old pieces of China could tell some tales.' Of course, there on her kitchen dresser was the small Willow dish Clara had given to her on her 10th birthday in 1952. And what a fascinating story it had. Setting pen to paper in 2006 Lilian surprised herself by writing enough for four books. Lilian's first three books make a trilogy telling the story of her grandmother's life; with a prequel, a short tale Clara told the family after Christmas tea in 1951, saying, 'This is something you should all know; a tale that turned out to be quite a surprise.

Edition details

• Publisher: Berforts Group Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908616644
• ISBN 13: 9781908616647
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228