As a landlady, Joan Lee was a marvel. Imagine Bet Lynch's bustier, wiser sister, always at the heart of the party; a woman who did things her own way. Joan was born into a teetotal, chapel-going family in 1923 in Handsworth, Sheffield. As a teenager in the Blitz, she found herself perilously close to the bombs and destruction, but she also found the love of her life, Fred Lee. She incurred the wrath of her parents, as her boyfriend's parents were in the pub trade, but she went on to become one of Sheffield's longest serving landladies, with over fifty years spent "behind bars" in pubs from...
As a landlady, Joan Lee was a marvel. Imagine Bet Lynch's bustier, wiser sister, always at the heart of the party; a woman who did things her own way....
Olive Hall's life is always the same: the office, housework, and cooking for her husband John. Thursday means his favourite meal: gammon and pineapple for tea, but her husband takes her for granted. John has an eye for the ladies and starts to play the field. When John meets a beautiful young girl, Olive is devastated, but could it be the fresh start that she has needed for years?
Olive Hall's life is always the same: the office, housework, and cooking for her husband John. Thursday means his favourite meal: gammon and pineapple...
