Terry Marsh was born in a Lancashire coal mining town, into a family of several generations of coal miners and apart from two years in North Wales has lived all his life in the county. He worked for 30 years in local government before becoming a writer of travel and walking guidebooks. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Lake District Studies and a PhD in Historical Geography, both from the University of Lancaster.
Terry Marsh lives with his wife, Vivienne, in the market town of Chorley.
When 18-year-old Helen Ashton meets Joe McCarthy on the moors of Northumberland she instantly falls in love, certain that her humdrum life had taken a new turn. And for several years it did.On the eve of the First World War, Helen learns that she is pregnant with Joe’s child, but before she can te...
