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.
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
Accessing your eBook through Kortext
Once purchased, you can view your eBook through the Kortext app, available to download for Windows, Android and iOS devices. Once you have downloaded the app, your eBook will be available on your Kortext digital bookshelf and can even be downloaded to view offline anytime, anywhere, helping you learn without limits.
In addition, you'll have access to Kortext's smart study tools including highlighting, notetaking, copy and paste, and easy reference export.
To download the Kortext app, head to your device's app store or visit https://app.kortext.com to sign up and read through your browser.
NB: eBook is only available for a single-user licence (i.e. not for multiple / networked users).
