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An interesting read Kate, thank you. My book wish list is increasing with each of your newsletters.

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Haha, sorry-not-sorry ; ) thank you for reading : )

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Between the two of you, my book shelves are exploding :)

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This really resonated with me. Another fantastic piece

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Very interesting, Kate. Poor Cow (and Cathy Come Home, of course) made a huge impact at the time because I think those stories and depictions broke the mould. This may be my faulty perception, but I think until then the British working class (especially in London) was regarded as being full of cheeky chappies, rather like Dick Van Dyke and his atrocious cockney accent in Mary Poppins.

At the time I lived a couple of miles from Fulham, in Shepherds Bush. Fulham has, since then, become gentrified and trendy, and properties there cost an arm and a leg. The same is true, albeit to a lesser extent, of Shepherds Bush. How times change!

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Thanks Terry! Yes, I think the book would have definitely challenged the accepted perceptions of the working classes of the time. Gentrification has certainly had an impact on house prices in an eye-watering way!

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