The town that vanished : The rise and fall of Lancashire's biggest Mill Town
Robinson, Ian2018
Books, Manuscripts
Author:
Imprint:
Bolton : Worktown Publishing, 2018
Collation:
258p
Notes:
In 1937, Bolton was the centre of a groundbreaking investigation into the daily lives of ordinary working people. For two years wherever Boltonians went-the pub, the shops, the cinema, the football match-they were secretly observed. The result: 40,000 documents and 800 photographs which provide an unparalleled, vivid record of one Lancashire mill town at its peak. The investigators called Bolton "Worktown"-a type of industrial town defined by working class communities and a particular way of life. At the time, Worktown seemed permanent and enduring but before the twentieth century ended, it had all but disappeared.
ISBN:
9781999688301
Dewey class:
942.737309.1
Language:
English
Index terms:
Bolton, Worktown, Cotton Mills, Sport, Football, Mass Observation, Cinema, Odeon, Burnden Park, Humphrey Spender, Davenport Street, Tom Harrisson, Charles Madge, Humphrey Jennings, William Coldstream, Julian Trevalyan, Leslie Halliwell, Washday, Laundry, Shopping, Corner Shops, Supermarkets, Breweries, Pubs, Inns, Parks, Terraced Houses, Housing, Street Games, Comics, Library, Libraries, Holidays, Blackpool, Wakes Week, Fred Dibnah, Industry, Leisure
BRN:
2801610