{"product_id":"verse-and-more-from-sheffield-editha-morris-9780995574700","title":"Verse And More (from Sheffield)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoems: understanding and putting into words the way local Sheffield people speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf mixed Welsh, Irish and Silesian origin, Editha Morris was born in Derby in 1916; she had two sons: Adrian and Paul. She started working as a beautician when the family moved to Sheffeld in 1947; the family then lived successively in Broomhill, Crosspool and Fullwood (that area known as Hallam - Sheffield West). She continued working as a beautician and also teaching elocution, having obtained higher qualifications in both domains in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmongst other things she was a member of the Hallamshire singers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe later discovered her talent for poetry, these poems having been written between 1986 and 1988. Although very well spoken herself, she shows, in her poems, a talent for understanding and putting into words the way local Sheffield people speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA report in the \u003cem\u003eDerbyshire Evening Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, 10th January 1940 tells us: 'GOLD MEDAL ELOCUTION SUCCESS: At the recent examination of the London Incorporated Academy of Music Edith Lucas was successful in passing the gold medal examination with 106 marks.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Editha Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0995574707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995574700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hatchet Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d","brand":"Editha Morris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47452597584127,"sku":"9780995574700","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_139b406f-0391-4cb5-b343-acb746a8f37f.jpg?v=1761929368","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/verse-and-more-from-sheffield-editha-morris-9780995574700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}