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The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End by Duncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi (Paperback, 2012)

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ISBN-13: 9780007448470, 978-0007448470. Of all the factories that lined the docks, it was at Tate & Lyle's where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life, and it was here where The Sugar Girls worked.

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Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten. 'On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle's refinery on the shining curve of the Thames. Looking up at the giant gates, Ethel felt like she had been preparing for this moment all her life. She smoothed down her frizzy hair, scraped a bit of dirt off the corner of her shoe and strode through. She was quite unprepared for the sight that met her eyes ...' In the years leading up to and after the Second World War thousands of women left school at fourteen to work in the bustling factories of London's East End. Despite long hours, hard and often hazardous work, factory life afforded exciting opportunities for independence, friendship and romance. Of all the factories that lined the docks, it was at Tate & Lyle's where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life, and it was here where The Sugar Girls worked. Through the Blitz and on through the years of rationing The Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but Tate & Lyle was more than just a factory, it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of the East End. From young Ethel to love-worn Lillian, irrepressible Gladys to Miss Smith who tries to keep a workforce of flirtatious young men and women on the straight and narrow, this is an evocative, moving story of hunger, hardship and happiness. Tales of adversity, resilience and youthful high spirits are woven together to provide a moving insight into a lost way of life, as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female. www.thesugargirls.com

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HarperCollins
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9780007448470
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Book Title
The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End
Author
Duncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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198mm
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129mm
Item Weight
240g

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Nuala Calvi, Duncan Barrett
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United Kingdom

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by 136512093@delet...11 Apr, 2018
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This is a great read, following the work and family lives of the sugar girls, It tells a story that informs us of the history of the 50's things that I personally didn't realize had happened, really interesting, Iv'e finished the book now but have passed it on to someone else to have the pleasure of reading.
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by n-RRR1KcRpW@Del...18 Jun, 2016
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I got so involved with the real life characters, it was as I were there with them and one of them! Some of the stories these ladies had told tugged at my heart strings. Some of their tales were funny and some of their tales were sad. I was absorbed and compelled by this book. I could just not put it down once I started reading it, a real tear jerker towards the end of the book. A must read and very well written.
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by jillelliott5811 Jun, 2020
fantastic informative read
mt Grandad worked at Tate and Lyle it was so interesting to read as was true stories i am passing it on to my Grandaughter as she is doing modern history at school from the second world war
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by ircra-5830 Dec, 2020
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Fab book, couldn't put it down
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by jeanh196225 Apr, 2021
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