Barnbow Canaries
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:13th Jun '16
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The true story of the 1916 factory explosion and the deaths of women workers there during WWI.
As the Great War gathers pace, Agnes and her sister Edith revel in their new-found independence and prosperity as Barnbow lasses. Not only does their danger money buy them a new life of confidence, men, work and politics but the thrill of a new future, full of fun, friendship and freedom.As the Great War gathers pace, Agnes and her sister Edith revel in their new-found independence and prosperity as Barnbow lasses. Not only does their danger money buy them a new life of confidence, men, work and politics but the thrill of a new future, full of fun, friendship and freedom. In the wake of the catastrophic 1916 explosion, the women discover the true cost of the cry for ‘More Shells!’ Alice Nutter (My Generation) brings her unique voice to this incredible story of Yorkshire grit, determination and solidarity, marking 100 years since the largest ever single loss of life in the history of Leeds.
ISBN: 9781783197750
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 95g
88 pages