First published 2014 by Pan Books
This electronic edition published 2014 by Pan Books
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ISBN 978-1-4472-7682-1
‘Christmas at Briar Farm’; ‘Uncle Percy – A Christmas Memory’; For A Father’s Pride; ‘Diane Allen’s Sherry Trifle’ © Diane Allen 2014. ‘Kate’s Miracle’; ‘A Christmas Tradition in the Bradshaw Household’; Beyond the Veil of Tears; ‘Rita Bradshaw’s Christmas Cake Recipe’ © Rita Bradshaw 2014. ‘The Gift’; Fairfield Hall; ‘Margaret Dickinson’s Plum Pudding Recipe’ © Margaret Dickinson 2014. ‘Christmas at Thalstead Halt’; ‘A Railway Christmas’; Meet Me Under the Clock; ‘Annie Murray’s Celery, Apricot and Walnut Stuffing’© Annie Murray 2014. ‘You’ll Never Know Just How Much I Love You’; ‘My Favourite Christmas Memory’; ‘Mince Pies – Recommended by Pam Weaver’ © Pam Weaver 2014. ‘A Wounded Christmas’; ‘A Childhood Christmas Eve Memory’; ‘Mary Wood’s Favourite Christmas Recipe’© Mary Wood 2014. Time Passes Time © Mary Wood 2013
Illustrations copyright © Moreno Chiacciera, Beehive Illustration
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