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In Watson's Wake: In the 1960s, Jerry Watson fights his way to the top in business and makes or breaks many who step in his path. Mike Harrison is one such man, a joiner with ambitions to be a salesman. Harrison comes to know Jerry Watson as his employer and Watson's wife as his lover. In many ways, Harrison follows in Watson's wake. The story of Watson and Harrison is of an era long gone, when entrepreneurs could invest in Britain and, with good salesmanship, make a profit. It was an era before the Sex Discrimination and Equal pay Acts, when drinking was uninhibited by the "breathalyser" and working mens' clubs did a roaring trade. Opportunities for strong willed women, like Barbara Watson, June Ainsley and Rachel Wayland, were restricted. What Mike Harrison is unaware of is that Jerry Watson has a past that is about to catch up with him. This is why the Prologue takes us back to Jerry Watson's wartime experiences in Palestine. Chapter 1 takes up the story in Accrington in 1966.