<p>The author recounts her childhood in Gloucestershire, where her father was a coal miner, her work as a domestic servant in London, and her first meeting with her future husband</p>

A Child in the Forest

WINIFRED FOLEY

Biographies & Memoirs

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Winifred Foley's best-selling account of a childhood in the Forest of Dean in the first half of this century. She describes how life in a small mining community was one of economic hardship, faced with humor and overcome with fortitude. She describes the many lively characters that peopled her small world, and the events that made up her daily life for the community, as well as her first ventures into the world of work at the age of 14 when she left school.

A Child in the Forest (Unicorn)

Memoirs

Nelson Thornes Ltd

No Pipe Dreams for Father

Futura Publications

<p>At the age of fourteen, Winifred Foley moved away from the Forest of Dean for a life of service in London. Although she hated leaving her country home, she soon became accustomed to life in the city. But after 26 years, the strain of city life eventually begins to take its toll.</p>

Back to the Forest: Complete & Unabridged (Reminiscence)

Isis Audio Books

No Pipe Dreams for Father (ISIS Large Print)

Leaders & Notable People

ISIS Publishing

Gardners Books

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