Tales From The Sparkling Doorsteps Of Yore, is set in Pink Street, Blackburn, Lancashire. The stories central character is Gertrude Skrubbursteppen. Gertrude arrives at Pink Street in September 1939.
She has some big plans for reform but first she must win over the Street Elder and housewives of the local community, and that will be no easy task. The book could almost pass for a 'Western' where corrupt officials and a dodgy sheriff reign supreme, but ultimately it's an uplifting Northern yarn.
The book is a fun filled romp by new writer, Christopher Burns; himself a Blackburn Blokey who remembers what it was like in those sparse days before double glazing, hot running water and central heating.
Tales Of Yore is a splendid parody of a harsher time, a fantasy that will have the reader both crying and laughing with the characterisations of Blackburn folk, and their everyday life.
If you can remember your mothers or Grandma's cleaning the doorsteps and pavements with the famous 'Donkey Stones' then this is a must for you.
Bursting with an incredible sense of fun and nostalgia, The Pink Street Fantasy,will, hopefully leave you wanting more.
She has some big plans for reform but first she must win over the Street Elder and housewives of the local community, and that will be no easy task. The book could almost pass for a 'Western' where corrupt officials and a dodgy sheriff reign supreme, but ultimately it's an uplifting Northern yarn.
The book is a fun filled romp by new writer, Christopher Burns; himself a Blackburn Blokey who remembers what it was like in those sparse days before double glazing, hot running water and central heating.
Tales Of Yore is a splendid parody of a harsher time, a fantasy that will have the reader both crying and laughing with the characterisations of Blackburn folk, and their everyday life.
If you can remember your mothers or Grandma's cleaning the doorsteps and pavements with the famous 'Donkey Stones' then this is a must for you.
Bursting with an incredible sense of fun and nostalgia, The Pink Street Fantasy,will, hopefully leave you wanting more.
