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It makes me so mad when I see Grimsby and Cleethorpes represented in a negative way. There isn’t a town in the country that doesn’t have its positives as well as its negatives," she said. Immerse yourself in the exciting, evocative world of Wartime musical theatre. I highly recommend this book.' Fenella Miller you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did' Milly Adams The theatres are closed and friends Jessie Delaney and Frances O’Leary search for alternative work.
A charming, heart-warming saga about ambition, hard work and courage in the cut and thrust of a world often driven by jealousy and spite’. Rosie Clarke But where Alec goes, so does his widowed mother, Dorcas and she has trouble coming to terms with taking second place in her son’s life.She said she considers Grimsby and Cleethorpes to have a "warmth and welcome" that is very special, along with residents who are kind and helpful.
Destitute after the tragic death of her father, aspiring singer Jessie Delaney and her family have no choice other than to accept the charity of relatives to ensure a roof over their heads. With the outbreak of War, the fishing fleet is confined to port, bringing hardship to the families and businesses of Fishers Wharf. Can Letty and navigate treacherous waters… Terrific - beautifully written. The book twinkles. A well-crafted and satisfying story' Maisie Thomasan evocative, busy, entertaining read, which has well balanced touches of humour, vying with angst, and of course, more than a dollop of tension.' Margaret Graham, Frost Magazine
you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did’ Milly Adams Spiteful Aunt Iris soon has Jessie dreaming of a life filled with colour and excitement that she knows the theatre can offer. How can Jessie escape the drudgery, support her family and pursue her dreams? Through her father’s connections, Jessie finds work as a Variety Girl in a new show at the Empire in Cleethorpes, a small seaside theatre on the east coast. But taking the job means flying solo and leaving her family and her sweetheart, Harry behind.
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The writer, who now lives in Dorset, was inspired to write her book series, The Seaside Girls, by her childhood living in the heart of Cleethorpes, just a stone's throw away from the beach. We have to celebrate the amazing achievements of the past as well as looking forward to the future. It’s important that the young people of the area feel proud of where they come from and want to make it even better.
She would stop and chat to almost everyone - or it seemed like that when I was a child. I can hear the voices of her and her friends and they come through in characters like Lil, the landlady of the Fishermen’s Arms and Joyce who owns the café. All the seaside girls have their own battles to fight. And while they figure things out it’s time for them to do their bit for the war and keep Britain smiling. Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future. As well as being inspired by the location, Tracy said she took inspiration from people she knew as a child in Grimsby and Cleethorpes to influence the characters in her books.Jessie Delaney is afraid to follow her dreams and leave those she loves behind – can she really have it all? Characterisation is one of the book’s strong points – the individual characters stay in your mind long after you finish the story.’ Barbara Dynes, The Voice Cleethorpes 1939: With the country teetering on the brink of war everyone faces an uncertain future. Destitute after the tragic death of her father, aspiring singer Jessie Delaney and her family have no choice other than to accept the charity of relatives to ensure a roof over their heads. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did’ Annie Clark
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