The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns

The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns

The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five TownsEdward Henry Machin first saw the smoke on...
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Author: Bennett, Arnold,1867-1931
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The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns

The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns

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The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Bennett, Arnold,1867-1931
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns

Edward Henry Machin first saw the smoke on the 27th May 1867, in Brougham Street, Bursley, the most ancient of the Five Towns. Brougham Street runs down from St Luke's Square straight into the Shropshire Union Canal, and consists partly of buildings known as "potbanks" (until they come to be sold by auction, when auctioneers describe them as "extensive earthenware manufactories") and partly of cottages whose highest rent is four-and-six a week. In such surroundings was an extraordinary man born. He was the only anxiety of a widowed mother, who gained her livelihood and his by making up "ladies' own materials" in ladies' own houses. Mrs Machin, however, had a speciality apart from her vocation: she could wash flannel with less shrinking than any other woman in the district, and she could wash fine lace without ruining it; thus often she came to sew and remained to wash. A somewhat gloomy woman; thin, with a tongue! But I liked her. She saved a certain amount of time every day by addressing her son as Denry, instead of Edward Henry. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 12986
Author: Bennett, Arnold
Release Date: Jul 22, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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