Twopence to cross the Mersey
Helen Forrester · 1993
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Twopence was the price of the ferry-boat between Liverpool and Birkenhead. A tiny sum but an impassable barrier for the poor of Liverpool - desperate to escape the city's grinding poverty. When Helen Forrester's grandfather went bankrupt in 1930, she and her six siblings were forced from their comfortable middle-class life into utmost destitution in Depression-ridden Liverpool. The running of the household and the care of her younger siblings all fell to twelve-year-old Helen. In slum surroundings and with little food or support from her feckless parents, Helen was forced on her own resources.
Book details
- Year
- 1993
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Ted Smart
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 281
- ISBN
- 9780007750030
Data source: Wikidata
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