No Pipe Dreams for Father

No pipe dreams for father is the second part of the forest trilogy, the author's reminiscences of life in the forest of dean during the first half of this century which began in a child in the forsest. Winifred recounts time spent with her mother and auntie doing family laundry, happy summer days with her sister fetching water from the well in the early morning sun, and memories of granny's treacle pudding! abut there were also difficult times. With her father earning a pittance as a miner, they ran up debts with the doctor, having to borrow from equally poor neighbours to pay him back, and watching friends and neighbours die fromwhat are now common, treatable ailments.