Children of the Dale - Softcover

Blenkharn, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904524958 ISBN 13: 9781904524953

Publisher: Hayloft Publishing

Synopsis

Children of the Dale is a story based loosely on the author's childhood during the Second World War in the dales of east Cumbria, in Ravenstonedale and Mallerstang, between Kirkby Stephen and Sedbergh. Set on a small farm, the adventures include two children, their cousins in neighbouring Mallerstang and the animals of the farm. Each chapter is a separate adventure with plenty of local characters and colour. This book captures the spirit and innocence of a bygone age.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Hird, was born at Fell End, near Ravenstonedale, Cumbria. She attended Fell End School but left at the age of fourteen to look after her father and younger brother as her mother spent more than a year in hospital. Her family kept sheep and a dairy Shorthorn cattle. She was six-years-old when the Second World War broke out and remembers life clearly at Fell End before, during and after the war. She married Sydney Blenkharn who worked for many years as an agricultural salesman. The couple have three grown up children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandsons. Elizabeth worked as an auxiliary nurse at the Cottage Hospital in Penrith and later ran a bed and breakfast business for 25 years. This is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hayloft Publishing
• ISBN 10: 1904524958
• ISBN 13: 9781904524953
• Binding: Paperback