“So can anyone tell me why there is still an underwear factory in ‘Coronation Street’?”
Posted by Jack on November 11, 2009
As a way of opening a seminar which followed an introductory lecture on the economic and social effects of the Industrial Revolution (not a small topic!), I thought this was a flash of inspiration on my part. Only time will tell whether my students feel the same way. My pre-occupation with them and all matters related to my new (part-time) academic environment explains my recent blogging silence.
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Alice Austin said
It is so soft southerners like me can say ‘its grim up north’ and thus perpetuate the north south divide. Quite amusing coming from someone who’s family tree research has revealed that she is from Liverpool via Doncaster via Leeds, and least we forget Walsall!