Dear all on the Potteries list... Some of you may be interested in the below described book and the Black Country Society website. Mick > Some of you may have heard about the above titled book by Carol > Hathorne. It is published by the Black Country Society and is > sub-titled "Memories of a Tipton Childhood". It is both funny and > sad in its way. If you grew up in the Black Country in the 1950s > a lot of what Carol writes about will be familiar. It certainly > rang bells with my wife when she read it. As a child of the 60s I > missed some of the poverty and shortages Carol mentions. > > Whilst this email is essentially going to point you to a webpage > that gives you details about the book, and at the bottom of the > page there are details on how to purchase I hope this doesn't > seem like a "commercial" email. > > The Black Country Society assisted Carol in the production of the > book, I offered to give it some publicity on the society web > page. The site is not commercial, although we do sell Society > products (details of which can be found on the site). The Society > > I would appreciate feedback about the page and from anyone who > has read the book. This is also an advert to visit the site, and > if you are not members of the Society then you may wish to join. > > If you are not in the UK I can accept payment over the Internet > via Paypal. > > Anyway, the link: > > http://www.the-black-country.co.uk/bcs_articles/slurry.htm > > Thanks for reading > > Mick