Personal memories of ordinary people give us a unique and powerful
view of life in the past. These reminiscences of Rochdale people
were collected by Helen Caffrey in the closing months of the
twentieth century. She interviewed a group of Rochdale residents
about their childhood, schooldays and working life - the good times
and the not so good. Extracts from these interviews have been
transcribed onto the page so that the memories can be read as they
were told, in the subjects' own words. The resulting book forms a
timely record of everyday life in the town as seen through the eyes
of the people who grew up there. There are fond memoriesof street
games, church and chapel events, carnivals and shopping but people
also recall the hardships of war and trying to live on a low income
before the advent of the Welfare State. Rochdale Voices is a unique
record for the historian but it will also appeal to anyone who has
ever lived in Rochdale. For older readers it will be a nostalgic
journey but for the younger ones it will be an insight into a world
that might have been familiar to their parents and grandparents but
will seem remote from their own experiences of the town today.
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