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In the 1940s nearly a quarter of a million East Londoners decamped annually for the hopfields of Kent. Most of the pickers were women who would take their children and other dependent relatives to stay in the hoppers' huts on the farms.
This book records the memories of some of them in their own lively words. Funny nostalgic and ironic by turns they tell of hopping as 'a break from him' an escape from the chesty London smog respite from the bombs of war as well as a source of income - and the nearest thing to a holiday that adults or children were likely to get. It was a time of hard graft of laughter and companionship and long evenings around the faggot fire. In the memories of those who were there it was a time when the sun always shone ...
Gilda O'Neill was herself a hop picker as a girl. In this vivid book she not only pays tribute to the creative genius of the working class of London's East End but examines the role of memory and oral history in our understanding of the past.
This book records the memories of some of them in their own lively words. Funny nostalgic and ironic by turns they tell of hopping as 'a break from him' an escape from the chesty London smog respite from the bombs of war as well as a source of income - and the nearest thing to a holiday that adults or children were likely to get. It was a time of hard graft of laughter and companionship and long evenings around the faggot fire. In the memories of those who were there it was a time when the sun always shone ...
Gilda O'Neill was herself a hop picker as a girl. In this vivid book she not only pays tribute to the creative genius of the working class of London's East End but examines the role of memory and oral history in our understanding of the past.
In the 1940s nearly a quarter of a million East Londoners decamped annually for the hopfields of Kent. Most of the pickers were women who would take their children and other dependent relatives to stay in the hoppers' huts on the farms.
This book records the memories of some of them in their own lively words. Funny nostalgic and ironic by turns they tell of hopping as 'a break from him' an escape from the chesty London smog respite from the bombs of war as well as a source of income - and the nearest thing to a holiday that adults or children were likely to get. It was a time of hard graft of laughter and companionship and long evenings around the faggot fire. In the memories of those who were there it was a time when the sun always shone ...
Gilda O'Neill was herself a hop picker as a girl. In this vivid book she not only pays tribute to the creative genius of the working class of London's East End but examines the role of memory and oral history in our understanding of the past.
This book records the memories of some of them in their own lively words. Funny nostalgic and ironic by turns they tell of hopping as 'a break from him' an escape from the chesty London smog respite from the bombs of war as well as a source of income - and the nearest thing to a holiday that adults or children were likely to get. It was a time of hard graft of laughter and companionship and long evenings around the faggot fire. In the memories of those who were there it was a time when the sun always shone ...
Gilda O'Neill was herself a hop picker as a girl. In this vivid book she not only pays tribute to the creative genius of the working class of London's East End but examines the role of memory and oral history in our understanding of the past.
Über den Autor
Gilda O'Neill was born and brought up in the East End. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student and settled to live in East London with her husband and family. She authored the highly-acclaimed Sunday Times bestsellers My East End and Our Street, as well as many novels. Gilda passed away on 24 September 2010, after a short illness.
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2006 |
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Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780099498360 |
ISBN-10: | 0099498367 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | O'Neill, Gilda |
Hersteller: | Arrow |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 198 x 129 x 11 mm |
Von/Mit: | Gilda O'Neill |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.11.2006 |
Gewicht: | 0,213 kg |
Über den Autor
Gilda O'Neill was born and brought up in the East End. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student and settled to live in East London with her husband and family. She authored the highly-acclaimed Sunday Times bestsellers My East End and Our Street, as well as many novels. Gilda passed away on 24 September 2010, after a short illness.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2006 |
---|---|
Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780099498360 |
ISBN-10: | 0099498367 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | O'Neill, Gilda |
Hersteller: | Arrow |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 198 x 129 x 11 mm |
Von/Mit: | Gilda O'Neill |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.11.2006 |
Gewicht: | 0,213 kg |
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