Working class lives in Edwardian Harrogate by Paul Jennings

Working class lives in Edwardian Harrogate by Paul Jennings

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A fascinating and readable portrait of the working men and women who toiled behind the scenes in the nationally and internationally renowned spa resort of Harrogate, during its heyday in the Edwardian period.

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Working class lives in Edwardian Harrogate by Paul Jennings

Edwardian Harrogate was a nationally and internationally renowned spa resort. It was also an important regional shopping centre and permanent home to an affluent middle-class population. But both townspeople and visitors could not have enjoyed their pleasures and comforts without the labours of its working class. It is those people, hitherto neglected in studies of resort towns, who form the subject of this book: the servants, laundry workers, hotel staffs, shop assistants, builders, cabmen, railway workers and the rest who kept the town going. It explores not only their work and how they made ends meet, but also the homes and neighbourhoods in which they lived, their family lives, their schooldays, pastimes and religion. It is a fascinating and readable portrait of working men and women in the decade often described as Harrogate’s heyday.
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ISBN 13 9781910837375
ISBN 10 1910837377
Title Working class lives in Edwardian Harrogate
Author Paul Jennings
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Carnegie Publishing Ltd
Year published 2021-11-05
Number of pages 280
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.