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The Street
Kay Brellend
‘Campbell Road was home to the most notorious criminals: thieves, prostitutes, fraudsters – every sort of rogue and vagabond drifted through this slum.’Life was tough … but so were theyAlice Keiver is a sensitive girl, growing up in one of the roughest parts of North London. As the daughter of an alcoholic mother, and niece of an abusive uncle, she dreams that one day she and her baby sister will escape their rotten surroundings.Alice’s father, Jack Keiver, works day and night to provide for his family. But his hopes for a better life are dashed each time he returns home to find the money-jar raided and his feisty wife Tilly collapsed drunk in the corner.In the room below, Alice’s downtrodden Aunt Fran spends most of her days nursing the injuries inflicted on her by her cruel husband Jimmy – but this time he’s pushed the family too far and they’re not going to let him get away with it.Revenge is going to be sweet.
KAY BRELLEND
The Street
Dedication (#ulink_9eac5b10-e4cd-54e9-8e8a-5b358816c20a)
For Mum, to finish what you started
For Dad, to keep a promise
For Nan, Granddad, Great Nan, Great Granddad, remembering you with love and pride
For everybody who ever spent time in Campbell Road, later Whadcoat Street, a.k.a. ‘The Bunk’
Contents
Title Page (#u79710489-71f0-5f6d-b401-31a2c76743d7)
Dedication (#ulink_53683f4c-7813-5377-901e-fd5a440c52b2)
Getting Older: 1913
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Getting Work: 1914–1917
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Getting Out: 1917–1918
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Epilogue - Summer 1922
Pictures of The Street
Acknowledgements
Kay Brellend
‘Campbell Road was home to the most notorious criminals: thieves, prostitutes, fraudsters – every sort of rogue and vagabond drifted through this slum.’Life was tough … but so were theyAlice Keiver is a sensitive girl, growing up in one of the roughest parts of North London. As the daughter of an alcoholic mother, and niece of an abusive uncle, she dreams that one day she and her baby sister will escape their rotten surroundings.Alice’s father, Jack Keiver, works day and night to provide for his family. But his hopes for a better life are dashed each time he returns home to find the money-jar raided and his feisty wife Tilly collapsed drunk in the corner.In the room below, Alice’s downtrodden Aunt Fran spends most of her days nursing the injuries inflicted on her by her cruel husband Jimmy – but this time he’s pushed the family too far and they’re not going to let him get away with it.Revenge is going to be sweet.
KAY BRELLEND
The Street
Dedication (#ulink_9eac5b10-e4cd-54e9-8e8a-5b358816c20a)
For Mum, to finish what you started
For Dad, to keep a promise
For Nan, Granddad, Great Nan, Great Granddad, remembering you with love and pride
For everybody who ever spent time in Campbell Road, later Whadcoat Street, a.k.a. ‘The Bunk’
Contents
Title Page (#u79710489-71f0-5f6d-b401-31a2c76743d7)
Dedication (#ulink_53683f4c-7813-5377-901e-fd5a440c52b2)
Getting Older: 1913
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Getting Work: 1914–1917
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Getting Out: 1917–1918
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Epilogue - Summer 1922
Pictures of The Street
Acknowledgements
