Working at the local munitions factory has given Aggie the freedom she's long desired.
But the Great War is coming to
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The Copper Beech
- Shancarrig School stands in the shade of a glorious old copper beech whose colours tell the passing of the seasons & the years: a tree that has watched over many young lives.. . Under Junior Assistant Mistress Maddy Ross's careful gaze the children play, but out of school Maddy's gaze lingers where it shouldn't. Maura Brennan, a bundle of fun from the rough end of town, plays with her pals: leap year
baby Eddie Barton, the apple of his mother's eye, & Nessa Ryan, who little realises as she carves his name at the roots of the copper beech on the very last day of school, that she'll get a lot more from one of her schoolmates than her first shy kiss.
Evening Class
- The Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others starting up all over the city. But this class has its own special quality