The Girl from Guildford Street: Growing up in working class Birmingham 1957-1968

The Girl from Guildford Street describes a working class childhood, growing up in Lozells, Birmingham, 1957-1968. The author and her sister and cousins were the last generation to grow up in the back to backs: Birmingham council houses, two up, one down; no bathroom, inside toilet, central heating or hot running water; centred around a back yard with outside toilets, sheds and a brew'us or wash house. The author looks at family life in the back to backs, and how whole families lived on one street. The author's parents both worked in local factories at a time when manufacturing was booming in Birmingham. This is not a misery memoir - it is the story of a happy childhood in one of Birmingham's poorest areas. It also looks at the Sixties - the fashions, the politics, the music, the hairstyles, the World Cup - as a golden age.

• | Author: Grace Caroline Holte
• | Publisher: Brewin Books
• | Publication Date: May 04, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781858585796
• | ISBN-10: 1858585791