{"product_id":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amolibros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021280755952,"sku":"9780995574700","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780995574700_p0.jpg?v=1763899236","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780995574700","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}