![]() Her wages are pitifully low and her mother claims the whole of them for housekeeping but she is still thrilled to be gaining some independence. ![]() Lime Street At Two – It is 1940 and Helen, now twenty, is working at a welfare centre. At seventeen, she has fought won some important battles with her parents and won, then she meets Harry… But Helen’s fortitude in the most harrowing of situations makes this a story of amazing courage.īy The Waters Of Liverpool – though her parents are as financially irresponsible as ever, wasting money while their children go without, for Helen the future is brightening. Her continuing struggles against malnutrition, dirt and, above all, the selfish demands of her parents, are deeply shocking. Liverpool Miss – Life remains extremely tough for fourteen-year-old Helen. Written without self-pity, Forrester’s memoir of these grim days is as heart-warming as it is shocking. Managing the household and caring for the younger children all fell on twelve-year-old Helen. Twopence To Cross The Mersey – When Helen Forrester’s father went bankrupt in 1930 she and her six siblings were forced into dreadful poverty in Depression-ridden Liverpool. The complete four-volume collection of classic memoir recounting a poverty-stricken childhood in 1930s Liverpool that started with Twopence To Cross the Mersey. ![]()
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