Heartache for the Tram Girls

By: Lynn Johnson

Narrated by: Julia Franklin

After the death of her mother, whom she had spent her life caring for, Ruth Latham is lucky to find work as a typist at the Potteries Tramway Company in Stoke. While conscription forces more men to leave for the battlefields, Ruth finds herself growing closer to shy, but kind, mechanic, Stan Bristow. . . even if their courtship makes her enemies in the office.

But the Great War causes scars at home and abroad and when trouble comes to The Potteries, tearing families apart and causing heartache for her greatest friends, Ruth must play her part in the difficult times ahead. And when Stan is called up to fight, Ruth fears her chance at happiness may never arrive. Is she strong enough for the battle ahead?

©2025 Lynn Johnson (P)2025 Magna Story Sound

A walk down memory lane.

Captures the imagination from the start, and especially when you know the areas being written about. Difficult to put down once started. Brought back memories of the area I left a long time ago. Well written and in plain language as used at the time it represents.