Hindle Wakes

It''s holiday week in the Lancashire town of Hindle, just before the First World War. Fanny Hawthorne, a spirited, determined mill girl, has just returned from a weekend in Blackpool with her friend Mary Hollins. At least that''s what she tells her parents. In fact, she''s been spending the weekend with Alan Jeffcote, a wealthy mill owner''s son who is engaged to someone else. When Fanny''s parent...