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Tracy has used Cleethorpes as the setting for her book series, The Seaside Girls (Image: GrimsbyLive/Donna Clifford) As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it’s time for the girls to move on. An absorbing and poignant saga. I loved it from the very beginning and would highly recommend it...' Elaine Roberts A successful author who was born and bred in Cleethorpes and lived at the Pier Hotel has returned to the area to promote her bestselling books, all of which are set in the beloved resort she called home and which holds many happy childhood memories. The theatres are closed and friends Jessie Delaney and Frances O’Leary search for alternative work.
Immerse yourself in the exciting, evocative world of Wartime musical theatre. I highly recommend this book.' Fenella Miller 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. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did’ Milly Adams 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 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.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. Friendships are forged but will the glamour of show business lose its shine without those she loves close by? Read more: Crowdfunder launched to repair historic trawler which played a key role in Grimsby's fishing industry - and it could soon return
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 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.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. Margate Pier in Kent, England. Source: fiveminutehistory.com. Colorized print of an 1895 photograph of the Immerse yourself in the exciting, evocative world of Wartime musical theatre. I highly recommend this book.’ Fenella Miller
But their good fortune is fraught with complications when sister Ruby Randolph decides to have her last hurrah, leaving a trail of devastation in her wake. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did’ Annie Clark 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. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did' Annie Clark 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
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Life was incredibly hard and community was everything - it kept you afloat. I have nothing but admiration for the life fishermen led at sea and for their wives and mothers who held everything together while the men were away. you will have to read this well-researched song and dance of a novel in great gulps as I did' Milly Adams 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. 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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