Florence is a different kind of kid. She sees the Virgin Mary floating above a chippie in Manchester. The cynics change their opinion when she appears to possess magical powers.
This is the essence of a novella with a message by Martyn Hesford. And it is spawned from revisiting his childhood on the streets of Lower Broughton Salford. READ MORE: Woman 'scared' to get vaccine had eight cardiac arrests - she's now begging people to get jabbed The former Buile Hill High pupil has had a stellar career as a film script writer, including writing the film Mrs Lowry and Son, which starred Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The film authentically depicted the complicated relationship between the two in 1930s Salford when they lived together at 117
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