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If She Knew – Robert’s Song Opens the Heart of Mind The Trams
Every story has a character who says the things everyone else keeps hidden. In If She Knew, Robert quietly reveals the love he has never found the courage to speak aloud. Set against the backdrop of 1939 Oswaldtwistle, the song captures the hopes, doubts and quiet longing of a generation whose lives would soon be…
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Could Mind The Trams Become Lancashire’s Next Original Musical?
Every great musical begins with memorable characters and unforgettable songs. Following the release of the Mind The Trams Songbook, the next stage of the project is already beginning to take shape. The twenty original songs have been arranged in theatrical sequence, telling the story of a Lancashire community on the eve of the Second World…
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Accrington Author and Songwriter Celebrates Lancashire History Through Mind The Trams
Stories don’t always have to be about kings and generals. Sometimes the most powerful stories belong to the people history almost forgot. That idea sits at the heart of Mind The Trams, created by Accrington author and songwriter Gabriel Undici. Set in and around Oswaldtwistle during 1939, the novel and its companion Songbook celebrate Lancashire’s…
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A Novel Born in the Heart of Oswaldtwistle
A Novel Born in the Heart of Ossy Some stories belong to the places that made them. Mind the Trams is rooted in the streets, mills and whispers of Oswaldtwistle — from Lockwood’s bakery to Paddock House and the old tram route that shaped so many lives. If you’re local, you’ll recognise the gritstone, the…
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The Door is Breathing from The Lump
The Door is Breathing is now available on Spotify and other streaming channels…
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NEW NOVEL FROM OSWALDTWISTLE AUTHOR BRINGS 1930s LANCASHIRE TO LIFE
NEW NOVEL FROM OSWALDTWISTLE AUTHOR BRINGS 1930s LANCASHIRE TO LIFE Lancashire readers have a new literary voice to celebrate as local author Gabriel Undici (Chris Whalen) releases his debut novel, Mind the Trams, a haunting and emotionally charged story set against the backdrop of 1930s Oswaldtwistle. Drawing deeply from the rhythms, voices, and industrial heritage…
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Mind The Trams Oswaldtwistle….
Mind the Trams follows the people who might once have stood beside you on the market cobbles: the mill lads, the bakers, the postmen, the orphans of Paddock House. It’s fiction — but it smells like real life: carbolic, coal smoke, and the warm sweetness of Ossy’s bakeries.
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Mind the Trams is now in the world
Mind the Trams is now in the world — a story of love, loss, courage, and the shadows that follow us. Set in 1939 Oswaldtwistle Lancashire, it follows Doris Whittaker, Robert, George, Jimmy, Nellie, and a cast of everyday heroes trying to survive a world about to fall apart. If you like stories that stay…
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Mind The Trams PROLOGUE — The Last Arrival at Paddock
Mind The Trams …… PROLOGUE — The Last Arrival at Paddock The tram bell clanged at the foot of the hill, sharp as a warning, before it groaned its way past the convent wall. Even in daylight, Paddock House looked half-swallowed by its own shadow — tall stone, shuttered windows, iron crucifix leaning like it,…
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Mind The Trams …. bags of toffees….
Mind The Trams …. bags of toffees…. The tram to Stanley creaked and swayed like an old ship at sea, brass fittings glinting in the spring light. The upper deck was packed: mill lads still in their clogs, mothers in Sunday hats balancing paper bags of toffees, and half of Ossy buzzing for the big…