Hindle wakes was often eaten during feasts held before the dedication of a church - Haarala Hamilton & Valerie Berry I first read about this dish in a Jane Grigson book and never forgot it because of ...

NEW YORK — Stanley Houghton’s “Hindle Wakes,” an obscure British play from 1912 that’s been dusted off and revivified by the Mint Theater Company, begins with a storm. Lightning flashes, the air ...

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During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but ...

It is Wakes Week in the northern town of Hindle and Fanny Hawthorne, a lively, determined mill girl, has spent the weekend in Blackpool with her friend Mary Hollins. At least that’s what she tells her ...

It’s “Wakes Week” in Hindle; the mill is closed and the workers are idle. Fanny Hawthorn is relaxing at the seashore with a girlfriend when she runs into Alan Jeffcote, the mill owner’s son. Alan ...

Come for the presents. Stay for the baggage.

Set in 1912, when the women’s suffrage movement was gaining momentum and notoriety, Hindle Wakes introduces a confident, independent heroine determined to have her own voice in a world of oppressive ...