THE END
Acknowledgements
Many, many thanks to the following:
Diane Pearson, my dear editor, who waited endlessly for this book while I went through a difficult year.
David and Michael Thornber, my two sons. Without them, recent months would have been impossible to bear.
Elizabeth Warmisham, who wrestled with my computer and my incompetence.
Ted Openshaw, whose knowledge of Bolton’s fishmarket was so valuable.
Sandra Heilberg and all the staff at Sweetens Books, Bolton.
Josephine Walker (researcher); David Rhodes of Yates Jewellers; also the staff at Whittle’s Jewellers, all of Preston, Lancashire.
Eileen Weir (researcher) of Crosby, Merseyside.
About the Author
Ruth Hamilton was born in Bolton and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. Her novels, A Whisper to the Living, With Love From Ma Maguire, Nest of Sorrows, Billy London’s Girls, Spinning Jenny, The September Starlings, A Crooked Mile, Paradise Lane, The Bells of Scotland Road, The Dream Sellers, The Corner House, Miss Honoria West, Mulligan’s Yard and Saturday’s Child are all published by Corgi Books and she is a national bestseller. She has written a sixpart television series and over forty children’s programmes for independent television. Ruth Hamilton now lives in Liverpool with her family.
Also by Ruth Hamilton
WITH LOVE FROM MA MAGUIRE
NEST OF SORROWS
BILLY LONDON’S GIRLS
SPINNING JENNY
THE SEPTEMBER STARLINGS
A CROOKED MILE
PARADISE LANE
THE BELLS OF SCOTLAND ROAD
THE DREAM SELLERS
MISS HONORIA WEST
MULLIGAN’S YARD
SATURDAY’S CHILD
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