Me And Mine A warm-hearted memoir of a London Irish Family

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Synopsis

As soon as they'd saved up for the three 'S's' - shoes, suitcase and a suit - they left rural Ireland. It might have been the London of the 1950s where 'No Blacks, No Irish No Dogs' was the welcome put out for immigrants, but for the big family that was Anna May Mangan's, it was still better than the poverty they'd hailed from; 'Don't waste today worrying because tomorrow will be even worse' was their motto. But Ireland came with them in the dance halls, holy water and gossip and there was always the warmth of the Irish crowd, in and out of one another's houses 'as if there was no front door'.

Book details

Author:
Anna May Mangan
ISBN:
9780748130597
Related ISBNs:
9781844086733
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-04-18
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2011
Copyright by:
Anna May Mangan 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Biographies and Memoirs, Nonfiction