Stories of the Old Black Country – Clarice Hackett

As earth closets went…this one wasn’t too bad…rather smelly, but so was everyone else’s
Eggy in Eggy Goes Hop Picking

Four short stories set in the late 19th/early 20th century Black Country.
EGGY GOES HOP PICKING recalls the days when the annual hop picking trip was the annual holiday.
In BLACK COUNTRY JUNGLE too much time in a kid’s hide-away leads to trouble for Billy. Can things be mended?
MATILDA’S STORY sees Enoch look for love. Other people have other ideas when he finds it.
WHAT’S IN A NAME tells why Aunt Dustere was called that.