Episode 3
Lynn Knight's memoir tells how three generations of her family came to be adopted in three distinct ways. Today, her mother, Cora, receives a warm welcome. Read by Barbara Flynn.
At the heart of Lynn Knight's family memoir is the corner shop at 150 Station Road, Wheeldon Mill in Derbyshire. Run by her grandmother, for the first half of the twentieth century it sold everything from bread, eggs, sweets and laundry soap. It was also the place where the story of three adoptions across three generations unfolded. Today, it is 1930 and Lynn Knight's mother, Cora, after much anticipation is warmly welcomed into the family.
The reader is Barbara Flynn.
Abridged by Julian Wilkinson.
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
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- Wed 3 Aug 2011 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
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