Birmingham We Lived Back to Back - The Real Story by Ted Rudge

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Back-to-backs 2 or 3 stories high were built in Birmingham during the 19th century, most of these were concentrated in inner-city areas. What was it like to live in a house with one bedroom and no running water? How did eleven families share two toilets? The rise and fall of the back-to-back is a sobering tale of how our nation housed its people.

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Birmingham We Lived Back to Back - The Real Story by Ted Rudge

Back-to-backs 2 or 3 stories high were built in Birmingham during the 19th century, most of these were concentrated in inner-city areas. What was it like to live in a house with one bedroom and no running water? How did eleven families share two toilets? The rise and fall of the back-to-back is a sobering tale of how our nation housed its people.
Ted Rudge was born in Birmingham at the start of the Second World War and received a secondary modern education before commencing employment at fifteen years of age. Following a working life with British Telecom, retirement brought higher education opportunities with the University of Birmingham gaining a degree in Philosophy and a Masters degree in West Midlands History. The author of three books and co-author of six more detailing the changes within Birmingham's inner districts, Rudge is happily married for over fifty years with a son, daughter and two grandchildren.
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ISBN 13 9781781552674
ISBN 10 1781552673
Title Birmingham We Lived Back to Back - The Real Story
Author Ted Rudge
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Fonthill Media Ltd
Year published 2015-07-15
Number of pages 128
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