tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post1878425886912138217..comments2024-03-27T08:00:05.698+00:00Comments on ResoluteReader: Robert Roberts - The Classic Slum: Salford Life in the First Quarter of the CenturyResolute Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543167556221747469noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-32066200285971541742012-11-25T18:18:56.660+00:002012-11-25T18:18:56.660+00:00I`m reading The Classic Slum at the moment - I rea...I`m reading The Classic Slum at the moment - I read it and A Ragged Schooling about 30 years ago when I was living in the Manchester area. Roberts was an excellent writer - his account seems authentic without the sugary sentimentality that hamper many such accounts. I appreciate that he m,akes something of a stand againt writers who claim that the slums had a cosy dynamic of their own. I have Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235745387030184061noreply@blogger.com