Maurice, C. Edmund, ed.
Life of Octavia Hill: as Told in her Letters
(Macmillan, rpt, 1914).
Hardback. Some foxing to early pages, minor yellow highlighting to text, rubbing to edges and spine ends, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 591pp. Order No. NSBK-C4485
Keywords: B01M9FUK1S, Octavia Hill, biography, biographies, autobiographies, autobiography, letters, housing, Victorian social reformers, reform, philanthropy, town planning, open spaces, settlements, dwellings, poverty, poor, paupers, pauperism, Britain, England, English, British, National Trust, commons, working class, working classes
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Coates, Ken and Topham, Anthony.
Industrial Democracy in Great Britain: A Book of Readings and Witnesses for Workers' Control
(Macgibbon and Kee, 1968).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly worn, slightly marked dustwrapper. xxxvi + 431pp. Order No. NSBK-A14555
Keywords: 0901740888, labour, labor, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, trade unionism, industrial democracy, industrialisation, working classes, trade disputes, wages, pay, Labour Party, shop stewards
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Jones, Stephen G.
Workers at Play: a Social and Economic History of Leisure, 1918 - 1939
(RKP, 1986).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. viii + 286pp. Order No. NSBK-A4346
Keywords: 0710206356, leisure, recreations, recreation, social history, interwar, inter war, inter-war, hobbies, sport, gambling, boxing, men, women, economic, holidays, drinking, pub, pubs, public houses, popular culture, cinema, working class, working classes, pastimes, voluntary organisations, clubs, working men's clubs, labour, entertainment, Britain, British, England, English
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Symes, Ruth A.
Stories from Your Family Tree: Researching Ancestors within Living Memory
(The History Press, 2009).
Paperback. New book, fine. x + 172pp. Order No. NSBK-A14177
Keywords: 075095082X, family tree research, Ruth A. Symes, genealogy, genealogical, history, family history, families, social history, North West England, Wigan, Liverpool, Tanzania, Tanganyika, Manchester, death, birth, mortality, census, working class, working classes, Lancashire, Symes, Sachak, Wilkinson, Daniels, Cooke, lodgers
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Taking Liberties Collective, Jo Campling, ed.
Learning the Hard Way: Women's Oppression in Men's Education
(Macmillan, 1989).
Hardback. Pencil annotation to endpapers, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. xii + 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C14100
Keywords: 0333432835, education, women, men, femininity, gender, masculinity, equality, working classes, further education, higher education, feminism, oppression
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Bamford, Samuel.
Passages in the Life of a Radical:
(OUP, 1984 rpt of 1884 text).
Preface by Tim Hilton. Paperback. Back cover slightly soiled, otherwise good. 368pp. Order No. NSBK-A814
Keywords: 0192814133, radical, Britain, British, England, English, history, radicals, radicalism, samule banford, autobiography, autobiographies, working class, working classes, hampden clubs, peterloo massacre, manchester, weavers, nineteenth century, 19th century
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Cooper, Thomas.
The Life of Thomas Cooper:
(Leicester UP, 1971).
With an introduction by John Saville. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 400pp. Order No. NSBK-A8323
Keywords: 0718550161, Thomas Cooper, autobiography, autobiographical, autobiographies, lives, life histories, life history, memoir, working, man, Chartists, Chartism, nineteenth century, 19th, Leicester, Leicestershire, working class, working-class, classes, Victorian, political, politics, John Saville
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Walker, Martyn A.
Examinations for the Underprivileged in Victorian Times: the Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution and the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
(William Shipley Group for RSA History, 2008).
WSG Research Paper 1. Paperback. Fine. 68pp. Order No. NSBK-A14127
Keywords: B001P4AQIQ, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, history, education, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, William Shipley Group for RSA History, poor, poverty, adult education, working classes, working men, working class education, self-improvement, literacy, illiteracy, self improvement, class, mechanics' institutions
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England, Joe, editor.
Changing Lives: Workers' Education in Wales, 1907 - 2007
(Welsh People's History Society, 2007).
Paperback. Very good+. vi + 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A14197
Keywords: B001SGXJE4, Wales, Welsh, history, education, twentieth century, schools, WEA, working classes, adult education, workers, Workers' Educational Association
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Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, .
Excursion to Scarborough: Friday July 24th, 1914
(Bass Museum, reprint, 1977).
A charming booklet. On the very eve of the First World War, this detailed guide prepares Bass employees and their families for their day excursion to Scarborough by train. Illustrated. Booklet. Fine. 40pp. Order No. NSBK-A6872
Keywords: B000IZA06Q, Scarborough, seaside, holidays, outings, Britain, British, England, English, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, towns, spa towns, working classes, working class, excursions, working class excursions, leisure, entertainment, recreation, train journeys, trains, railways, days out, day out, days-out, day-out, tramways, amusements, Bass, industrial workers, Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, Ratcliff, Gretton, stations, twentieth century, World War I, Great War, First World War, pre-war, Bass Museum, Bass outings, booklet
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