{"product_id":"manchester-fourteen-miles-paperback-9780521280655","title":"Manchester, Fourteen Miles (Paperback) 9780521280655","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eManchester, Fourteen Miles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe three volumes of 'Hilda Winstanley's' childhood are now available for a new generation to enjoy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePenn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521280655, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 5 March 1981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eManchester Fourteen Miles was the inscription on the signpost outside 'Moss Ferry', the village where 'Hilda Winstanley' grew up before the First World War. The seemingly short distance from the capital of England's cotton industry was nonetheless the distance between one world and another. 'Moss Ferry' was a village which belonged to the old agricultural order, that is before cotton arrived. It had hardly changed, economically or socially for hundreds of years. Margaret Penn was Hilda Winstanley, taken into a farm labourer's family and brought up as one of them. She was an illegitimate child, her real father being a far richer man, and her sense of being different lent her powers of social observation a greater sharpness. The three volumes of this Lancashire childhood were popular with reviewers and readers in the late 1940s but then fell out of print. They now hold new appeal, as an important record of a fascinating period of social history, as well as a moving and evocative account of one woman's life. Cambridge University Press is delighted to make them available for a new generation to enjoy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The family\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some relations\u003cbr\u003e 3. More relations\u003cbr\u003e 4. Moss Ferry\u003cbr\u003e 5. The seasons\u003cbr\u003e 6. Foreigners\u003cbr\u003e 7. All Arabia\u003cbr\u003e 8. Early days\u003cbr\u003e 9. School\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mr Winstanley betters himself\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'Lutes, lobsters, seas of milk and ships of amber!'\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'See afar the lights of London'\u003cbr\u003e 13. Splendours and misery\u003cbr\u003e 14. Sunday\u003cbr\u003e 15. Earning\u003cbr\u003e 16. Dressmaking for the court\u003cbr\u003e 17. 'Farewell Manchester!'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003471745304,"sku":"9780521280655","price":24.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521280655i_6a6bc29b-5d64-4797-8474-45e2a371fc94.jpg?v=1691374457","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/manchester-fourteen-miles-paperback-9780521280655","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}