A study which combines personal reminiscences with careful historical research, the myth of the 'good old days' is summarily dispensed with; Robert Roberts describes the period of his childhood, when the main affect of poverty in Edwardian Salford was degredation, and, despite great resources of human courage, few could escape such a prison.
A study which combines personal reminiscences with careful historical research, the myth of the 'good old days' is summarily dispensed with; Robert Roberts describes the period of his childhood, when the main affect of poverty in Edwardian Salford was degredation, and, despite great resources of human courage, few could escape such a prison.
Robert Roberts was an expert on adult literacy. He died in 1979.
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1 Class Structure 2 Possessions 3 Manners and Morals 4 Governors, Pastors and Masters 5 The Common Scene 6 Food, Drink and Physic 7 Alma Mater 8 Culture 9 The Great Release 10 High Days and After Appendices 1 Conducted Tour 2 Snuffy 3 Bronze Mushrooms Select Bibliography Index Illustrations The photographs, which have not been published before, were taken around the early 1900s by a Worsley man, Samuel Coulthurst, who went about Salford dressed as a rag and bone merchant with his camera concealed on a handcart. 1. Corner shop 2. A muffler–white, if possible, for the Lord's day 3. Some were too poor to buy at the old clothes shops 4. General dealer 5. The clothiers 6. Women of the time I 7. Women of the time II 8. Water for the wheel: a knife and scissors grinder 9. Hawkers at rest 10. 'The short way out of Manchester' 11. A barrel organ called Tuesdays and Saturdays 12. Theatre by the market 13. Boys haggling at the hen market
1 Class Structure 2 Possessions 3 Manners and Morals 4 Governors, Pastors and Masters 5 The Common Scene 6 Food, Drink and Physic 7 Alma Mater 8 Culture 9 The Great Release 10 High Days and After Appendices 1 Conducted Tour 2 Snuffy 3 Bronze Mushrooms Select Bibliography Index Illustrations The photographs, which have not been published before, were taken around the early 1900s by a Worsley man, Samuel Coulthurst, who went about Salford dressed as a rag and bone merchant with his camera concealed on a handcart. 1. Corner shop 2. A muffler–white, if possible, for the Lord's day 3. Some were too poor to buy at the old clothes shops 4. General dealer 5. The clothiers 6. Women of the time I 7. Women of the time II 8. Water for the wheel: a knife and scissors grinder 9. Hawkers at rest 10. 'The short way out of Manchester' 11. A barrel organ called Tuesdays and Saturdays 12. Theatre by the market 13. Boys haggling at the hen market
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