Meg was born at the start of the Great Depression. Surrounded by poverty and unemployment she grew up in the gritty reality of a butchers shop in a pit village in the North East of England. The youngest child, she was hemmed in and at the same time ignored by the rest of her family. From her earliest years she escaped into imaginary play and writing poetry. This book is a must for readers of historical memoir and for those who enjoy a nostalgic glimpse...