‘Yet’: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability (Paperback)
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"No one believed me. 'Children couldn't have been treated like that.'
But we were." — Harry Drabble
Could trauma from your ancestors' childhood still be affecting your family today?
In 1937, two-year-old Harry was torn from his mother's arms and
institutionalised for years—immobilised in bed, emotionally neglected,
told he'd never walk, work, or have a family.
He proved them wrong.
This father-daughter collaboration reveals:
- How childhood separation shapes generations
- The shocking treatment of disabled children in1930s Britain
- One boy's extraordinary resilience against impossible odds
- The power of one word: "Yet"
★★★★★ "A deeply moving and beautifully written book... captures both
the heartbreak and resilience" — Neil Anderson
★★★★★ "Brilliant! Wonderful style of factual writing with deep emotion"
— Social historian
★★★★★ "A mirror image of what I experienced" — Former patient,
Children's Hospital Birmingham
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📖 322 pages | 161 historical photographs | Meticulously researched
with 299 endnotes
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Book cover for ‘Yet: A Story of Triumph over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability’
by Helen Parker‑Drabble.
Studio portrait of Harry Drabble, aged 7 months, 1935.
Harry Drabble, aged about 18 months old, in a bright red metal car
Harry with his father, Harry Senior in the fresh air at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children c1937.
A staged photograph of girls taking fresh air treatment at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children, Photo taken between 1920-1939. ©Picture Sheffield (Image s07418)
A staged photo showing some boys in bed on the veranda and other boys standing in a plaster Thomas splint, mainly using crutches. The child’s unaffected leg was fitted with a patten to stop the child from inadvertently putting weight on the tubercula joint. One boy has his arm in plaster.
©Picture Sheffield (Image s07418)
Harry playing the violin, 1949, aged 15.
Harry with his father. Believed to be in Skegness.
Harry Drabble and Doreen née Parker, 19 July 1958,
outside St Mary’s community centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield.
