Toffee, Cream Tea and Heritage Talks - My Writing Week
This week has been another wonderful one. I'm taking a break from writing novels for the rest of this year, although I am still writing my weekly soap opera Riverside for The People's Friend magazine as well as short stories for myself. I'm also involved as a judge in a prestigious short story competition, more details later if I can reveal them. This week I gave a short talk at Ryhope Heritage Group on how the real life toffee factory inspired my novels. My talk came after the main talk by Dorothy Hall, Chair of Chester-le-Street heritage group who spoke about Horner's toffee factory and Dainty Dinah toffee. Working with Chester-le-Street heritage group, I attended the exhibition of Horner's toffee factory and Dainty Dinah toffee. The exhibition ran over three days at The Lambton Hotel in the town, and I attended on the final day with my books for sale. It was a fantastic event and there are pictures below of an original overall and hat from the toffee factory...
