The Sugar Girls Paperback pride which brilliantly illuminates an essential

which brilliantly illuminates an essential and much-misunderstood chapter of our history

though a fenced area of land beside the low-rise flats provided some space for ball games

From Belgravia's corgi to Walthamstow’s greyhound

From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child

in December 1877

The Sugar Girls Paperback pride which brilliantly illuminates an essentialIn 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