Free Boots & Back to Backs - Memories of a 1950's Childhood
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Free Boots & Back to Backs - Memories of a 1950's Childhood by Maureen Harvey
Born in 1946, Maureen Harvey was brought up in a poor working-class household in Birmingham at a time when the city was still a major manufacturing centre. Despite her family's poor circumstances, the author recalls a childhood filled with family pride and neighbourliness; of making do with whatever came to hand; of being thankful for small mercies. This was an age where the deserving poor could write to the Daily Mail and receive a pair of serviceable boots free of charge; when as a small child Maureen would forage for coal and wood for fuel. The industrial working classes really were 'poor, but proud and honest'. The perfect book for readers of nostalgic historical non-fiction, about life in Britain as the country emerged from the grim years of the Second World War.
Maureen Harvey was brought up in a poor working-class household in Birmingham at a time when the city was still a major manufacturing center.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786068675 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786068672 |
| Title | Free Boots & Back to Backs - Memories of a 1950's Childhood |
| Author | Maureen Harvey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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