Dragged Up Proppa - Growing up in Britain's forgotten North (Hardcover)

Dragged Up Proppa is the story of growing up working class in a forgotten England. Pip Fallow was born in the coal-miner's cottage where his family of eight lived, in a village near Durham. Pip was destined to join his father and brothers down the pit, but the closure of his village's mine in the 1980s saw him at the back of the dole queue like the rest. This is Pip's story of being 'dragged up proppa', living by his wits, working and travelling the world before finally settling a few miles from where he grew up. A lot has been written about the red wall in recent years but Pip Fallow has lived it. This is his account of some of the most important issues affecting Britain today; from levelling-up and the north-south divide, to social mobility and class, and the devastating social upheaval caused by decades of deindustrialization and government neglect. Showing how broken promises of the past impact his village and the politics of today. This is the story of a man who left school illiterate, but has now written a book. The story of a lost generation who were prepared for a life that had disappeared by the time they were ready for it, of communities with once strong social ties that have now disintegrated, and a way of living that simply no longer exists in Britain today.

General

Imprint:	Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2023
Authors:	Pip Fallow
Dimensions:	234 x 153mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-5290-5085-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > Social mobility Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-5290-5085-5
Barcode:	9781529050851

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