Pride of Paradise Lane

<p>Issac has signed up for war duties now Molly is left to run the <strong>Bloxwich & Walsall Hat Company</strong>. </p><p>She knew it would be hard but didn't reckon on being assaulted by the delivery man. Sister Margareta is a good listener in church.</p><p><strong>Joining the march around Walsall with the suffragettes gives her more confidence</strong>. When hat sales decline her new friend Irish girl Francesca helps with an idea to sell hats on <strong><u>Walsall market.</u></strong></p><p>Knowing her Aunt Violet and Sister Janey depend on her keeps Molly focused on the job. Issac's letters are a comfort but she worries all the same.</p><p><strong>Walsall Arboretum is transformed into a vegetable garden</strong>: The land girls grow potatoes and vegetables for locals. All the family help out when it comes to harvest time.</p><p>At a night out in Bloxwich at the dance Francesca gets extra friendly with Bobby while Molly chats to Sid the Saddler a mate of Bobby's. On her way home she has the worst moment of her life. Now she has more secrets to keep. <strong>Her friend Aggie on the canal barge comes to the rescue with herbal tea tarot reading and plenty of friendly advice.</strong></p><p><strong>After news of Issac being burned and gassed Molly wonders if things will ever be the same again. Most of all she wants him back home.</strong></p>