Showing results for "Thames" in History

Once a month Carrie and Ken are on Day release - These are the adventures of these two misfits and they find and discover history/treasure/their pension on the banks of the river Thames. Carrie is a born and bred eastender and the Queen of the Isle of Dogs Ken is an actor (House of The Dragon, BlackMirror, Cuckoo https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171674/ )

‘Oh my goodness - another girl, Mrs Swain!' Clara's normal iron composure broke, and she screamed, ‘No! That's not the bloody deal!' And that was how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world. When Helen Batten's marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey of discovery into her family's past and the mysteries surrounding her enigmatic nanna's early life. What she unearths is a tale of five feisty redheads struggling to climb out of poverty and find love through two world wars.

Mudlarking enthusiast Ted Sandling takes us on a riveting journey along the Thames foreshore and back into the past. 'A beautiful book.' Daily Mail 'Exhilaratingly curious.' Evening Standard 'Gripping.' Spectator 'Brilliant.' Penelope Lively 'Indefatigably researched.' Country Life 'Wonderful...