num_pages: 160
description: The early years of the 1900s were years of great hardship for many working-class families, but they were also times of pride and self-sufficiency, with fun and laughter derived from simple pleasures as well as mutual support and courage when poverty became unbearable.Here is an engaging and true to life account of a childhood spent in the village of Eyam in the Derbyshire Peak District. The author recalls how her mother cheerfully confronted great problems without labour-saving devices, and often without money. She remembers, too, her father, who fought for the right to join a union, worked for self-help groups, organized political meetings, and entertained the children with stories and tunes on his tin whistle. His fighting spirit made him a powerful and remarkable figure within the village community.Both light-hearted and serious, this charming description of domestic and community life at the turn of the century is illustrated with some delightful contemporary photographs and line drawings by George Coates.
language: English
title: Tunes on a Penny Whistle: A Derbyshire Childhood
titlecomplete: Tunes on a Penny Whistle: A Derbyshire Childhood
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd