THE GAMBLING MAN
Catherine Cookson

THE CONNORS

Paddy Connor a steelworker

Ruth Connor his wife

Rory Connor their elder son, a rent collector

Jimmy Connor their younger son, apprenticed to a boat builder

Nelly Burke their only daughter, married to Charlie Burke

Lizzie O’Dowd Paddy Connor’s half-cousin

THE WAGGETTS

Bill Waggett a widowed docker

Janie Waggett his daughter, a nursemaid and engaged to marry Rory Connor

Gran Waggett his mother

THE LEARYS

Collum Leary a coal miner

Kathleen Leary his wife

Nine surviving children of whom three have emigrated to America

John George Armstrong Rory’s friend and fellow rent collector

Septimus Kean a property owner

Charlotte Kean his only daughter