A Ragged Schooling: Growing Up in the Classic Slum
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Book Overview
With great humour and vitality, Robert Roberts evokes his Edwardian childhood in the vivid portrait of a vanished community. Breathing the smoke from the factory chimneys, the children of Salford struggled daily to survive the grinding poverty that surrounded them. Sharing lively games along the railways lines and canal banks, their lives were rich in experience and comradeship.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1901341011
ISBN13:9781901341010
Release Date:June 1997
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 4.9" x 7.7"
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Enjoyable and well-written
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Personal account by Robert Roberts (a son of a shopkeeper within a large family) of his early years, growing up in a run-down area in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, covering the period from 1905 to about 1921. Interesting, informative, well-written, entertaining; an enjoyable read. Worth reading. 9 out of 10
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