Old Father Thames - Sally Spencer

From the author of Salt of the Earth and Up Our Street, Old Father Thames continues the story of the Taylor family – now living in London – and introduces their new cockney neighbours, the Clarkes.

Lil Clarke is one of nature’s worriers – but then, she has plenty to worry about! Her son, Eddie, can’t hold down a job and is interested only in that newfangled invention, the automobile. Her younger daughter, Peggy, will do anything – including break the law – if it will help raise money to buy the goat she so desperately wants.

But it is Annie, her eldest daughter, who worries Lil the most. Why will she persist in spending time with ex-hooligan Tom Bates, when reliable, honest Constable Harry Roberts is more than willing to lead her to the altar?

And then Tom lands himself in serious trouble, and Annie feels as if her whole world is collapsing around her.

Old Father Thames returns us to a time when life meant struggle, when people stuck together and lived for today – for who knew what might happen tomorrow!