Gillian Dean

The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.

The MixMups follows the three preschool friends, Pockets, Giggle and Spin, as they together as the MixMups, and they use the wooden magic spoon, which they say "Mix up the magic" of play and imagination and transport themselves on a host of magical adventures.

The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.

The MixMups follows the three preschool friends, Pockets, Giggle and Spin, as they together as the MixMups, and they use the wooden magic spoon, which they say "Mix up the magic" of play and imagination and transport themselves on a host of magical adventures.