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My Mam Shirley
- Tales of the Notorious Hudson Family, Book 3
- Narrated by: Jim Millea
- Series: Tales of the Notorious Hudson Family, Book 3
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime
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Behind the notorious Hudson men who dominated the Canterbury Estate for over 30 years were the girls, and my mam Shirley. Whether marrying into or determined to escape from it, the third instalment of this gritty series recounts the incredible stories of the unflinching women behind the legendary Hudson family.
The Canterbury Estate in Bradford during the '50s and '60s was a tight-knit community reared on poverty, crime and violence, and at the top of the heap were the infamous Hudson family. But it wasn't just the boys who had a story to tell: from matriarch Annie, who gave birth to 13 children, to daughters Margaret and Eunice, who married up and out, each had a personality as indomitable as the last.
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- Emma
- 05-04-15
Brilliant
Fantastic love the narrator very listenable. I couldn't stop listening a very good 3rd book in the series would listen again
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