Tag: historical-novels
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MRS LOCKWOOD’S RECIPES SPICE CAKE
MRS LOCKWOOD’S RECIPES SPICE CAKE From the fictional world of Mind The Trams SPICE CAKE “A proper cake for a proper table.” — Mrs Lockwood There are some cakes intended for decoration and others intended for eating. I have never understood why anybody would confuse the two. A good spice cake should be rich, well…
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ACCRINGTON MUSICAL REACHES THE END OF THE LINE — WITH THREE SIMPLE WORDS
THE ACCRINGTON HERALD ACCRINGTON MUSICAL REACHES THE END OF THE LINE — WITH THREE SIMPLE WORDS MIND THOSE TRAMS The final song from Mind The Trams brings William to the end of the journey — and discovers that sometimes goodbye doesn’t sound like goodbye at all There are phrases we say so often that eventually…
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ACCRINGTON MUSICAL TURNS TO A LOVE THAT EXISTED ALMOST ENTIRELY IN SILENCE
ACCRINGTON MUSICAL TURNS TO A LOVE THAT EXISTED ALMOST ENTIRELY IN SILENCE NOBODY KNEW William’s song for the clarinet player remembers the feelings that can exist between two people while the rest of the world notices nothing Everybody thought they knew William. That was partly his own fault. He laughed easily, talked readily and possessed…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD NEW ACCRINGTON MUSICAL SONG REMEMBERS THE MEN WHO WERE BUILT LIKE THE TOWNS AROUND THEM
STONE FATHERS A powerful new song from Mind The Trams looks at Lancashire fathers, working lives and the emotions rarely spoken aloud They built walls from it. Houses. Mills. Chapels. Schools. Entire Lancashire towns rose from stone pulled from the ground beneath them. And sometimes, it seemed, the men were made from much the same…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD ACCRINGTON MUSICAL TURNS TO FATHERS, MEMORY AND THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY
MY FATHER’S SONG A deeply personal new number from Mind The Trams asks what remains of a father when only memories are left There are some conversations between fathers and sons that never quite happen. Not because there is nothing to say. Quite the opposite. Perhaps there is simply too much. “My Father’s Song,” from…
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A FINAL SUMMER JOURNEY INSPIRES NEW SONG FROM LANCASHIRE MUSICAL
LAST TRAM BEFORE SEPTEMBER THE ACCRINGTON HERALD A FINAL SUMMER JOURNEY INSPIRES NEW SONG FROM LANCASHIRE MUSICAL LAST TRAM BEFORE SEPTEMBER One ordinary journey through Oswaldtwistle becomes a farewell to the summer of 1939 Nobody thought to remember which tram it was. There was no reason to. It rattled along the familiar rails through Oswaldtwistle,…
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NEW ACCRINGTON MUSICAL SONG REMEMBERS THE LANCASHIRE THAT EXISTED BEFORE EVERYTHING CHANGED
BEFORE THE MUSIC TURNED Robert’s reflective new song looks back upon love, friendship and the ordinary moments nobody knew they were about to lose There must always be a last ordinary day. A final morning when the bakery opens as usual. A last tram journey taken without thinking about it. A final evening when young…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD. ‘PHILOMENA’ BRINGS A DARKER VOICE TO NEW ACCRINGTON MUSICAL
Friday, 2nd August, 1939 ‘PHILOMENA’ BRINGS A DARKER VOICE TO NEW ACCRINGTON MUSICAL A formidable new character steps from the shadows as Mind The Trams moves towards the stage Until now, much of the music emerging from Mind The Trams has belonged to bakery counters, ballroom floors, friendships, courtship and the everyday humour of Lancashire…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD. ‘FOR DORIS’ — A QUIET SONG FOR THE GIRL BEHIND THE BAKERY COUNTER
Friday, 26th July, 1939 ‘FOR DORIS’ — A QUIET SONG FOR THE GIRL BEHIND THE BAKERY COUNTER Gabriel’s tender tribute reminds us that the most ordinary lives can leave the most extraordinary memories There are people who pass through life without ever knowing how deeply they have touched those around them. Doris Whittaker may be…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD. ‘A COUPLE OF YOUR VERY BEST’ SERVES UP A GENEROUS HELPING OF LANCASHIRE HUMOUR
Friday, 12th July, 1939 ‘A COUPLE OF YOUR VERY BEST’ SERVES UP A GENEROUS HELPING OF LANCASHIRE HUMOUR Jerry’s cheerful new song proves that sometimes the most important decision of the day is which pie to choose There are men who enter a bakery knowing precisely what they want. Jerry is not one of them.…