A Cockney Rosebud: A bittersweet journey in the midst of the life and community of an East End of London family (circa 1920 - 1960)

Enchanting Rosie is born post-World War 1-1920-but into what? Those few (male) breadwinners who returned from the bloody combat, would find the East End of London Docklands, ravaged, with little hope of regular work-if they could work, with life-changing injuries and psychological trauma.

The women remained strong, but in quiet despair. Families and communities supported each other, with their futures in question. Mothers reigned supreme, but alcohol and the public houses exerted their influ...