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OverviewA 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert RobertsPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.213kg ISBN: 9780140136241ISBN 10: 014013624 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 26 July 1990 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1 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 marketReviewsAuthor InformationRobert Roberts was an expert on adult literacy. He died in 1979. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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