The story of a nobody : a working class life, 1880-1939 / [by] Ian Dewhirst.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, England : Mills and Boon, 1980.Description: 104 pages : black and white photographs and other illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0263064360
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.082 19
LOC classification:
  • HN 385  .D49 1980
Contents:
1. Standard 3 -- 2. One war and two royal occasions -- 3. Mssrs Eli Wadsworth and Sons -- 4. Playing the game -- 5. The Somme -- 6. The home front -- 7. The German field gun -- 8. Depression -- 9. Homes fit for heroes -- 10. The eventful thirties --
Summary: "We knew nothing of Arthur Illingworth who was nine years old when the school photograph was taken of Standard 3 in 1890. He, along with Harry Riley and William Henry and the rest of the class of 30 were destined to live through some of the most traumatic years of European history - the gentle twilight of Edwardian England; the First World War; the twenties; the Depression and the prelude to the second catastrophic world war. Ian Dewhirst has skillfully pieced together the documentary and visual evidence of Arthur - a 'nobody' and his anonymous friends who lived through years which were to bring many of them the experience of bloodshed and deprivation and the complete transformation of their childhood world." - from the dust jacket.
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1. Standard 3 -- 2. One war and two royal occasions -- 3. Mssrs Eli Wadsworth and Sons -- 4. Playing the game -- 5. The Somme -- 6. The home front -- 7. The German field gun -- 8. Depression -- 9. Homes fit for heroes -- 10. The eventful thirties --

"We knew nothing of Arthur Illingworth who was nine years old when the school photograph was taken of Standard 3 in 1890. He, along with Harry Riley and William Henry and the rest of the class of 30 were destined to live through some of the most traumatic years of European history - the gentle twilight of Edwardian England; the First World War; the twenties; the Depression and the prelude to the second catastrophic world war. Ian Dewhirst has skillfully pieced together the documentary and visual evidence of Arthur - a 'nobody' and his anonymous friends who lived through years which were to bring many of them the experience of bloodshed and deprivation and the complete transformation of their childhood world." - from the dust jacket.

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