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.About the AuthorRobert Roberts (1905-1979) was born in Salford in 1905. His books ‘The Classic Slum’ and ‘A Ragged Schooling’ have been hailed as classics of working class autobiographyReviews

‘One of the best and most sensitive of English working-class autobiographies’The Guardian’ A marvelous piece of work … this vivid portrait of a vanished community … bubbles with comic vitalitySpectator’The autobiography of an exceptional man … a memoir of quite extraordinary richness’The Observer

— .Book InformationISBN 9781901341010Author Robert RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Manchester University PressPublisher Manchester University PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 12mm