This will be on “The Rise and Fall of The Working Class” tonight at 7.30.
The book* is according to Ms Todd “based on the voices of working-class people themselves, [and] charts the history of ordinary workers, housewives, children and pensioners over the turbulent 20th century.
I aim to bust some of the ridiculous myths that politicians peddle about the past: that everything was alright in the age of the grammar school; that working-class people in the past were ‘deserving’ of help, but aren’t any longer; that women never ‘traditionally’ worked; that if people just accepted their place everything would be ok.
My history is one of anger and defiance and, yes, sometimes of pessimism and despair – but ultimately of hope for a better future, a future that we can build by knowing more about our past.”**
So should be a good night, tickets can be got from the Post Box Cafe, 0161 881 4853, mailpostboxcafe@gmail.com
*The People, Selina Todd, Hodder & Stoughton, £25
**Selina Todd, http://selinatodd.com/
Post Box Cafe, http://www.thepostboxchorlton.co.uk
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