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A vivid memoir of growing up poor in industrial England at the turn of the century
Growing up in the slums of the gritty industrial city of Salford in the early 1900s, Robert Roberts breathed smoke from the factories and rushed about with his mates on cobblestone streets. Though poor, he and his friends were rich with experience. At the center of the story is his determined mother, who kept the family out of bankruptcy while her husband nurtured his attachment to the bottle. Roberts's is a joyful biography, told with gentle humor and honesty.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
In this autobiography, the author evokes his Edwardian childhood in his portrait of a vanished community as he tells how he and the other children of Salford struggled daily to survive the poverty that surrounded them.