Collaborative Research Project on Working-Class Autobiography
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Rosa Bell (b. 1902)
A collier clerk and a dressmaker’s youngest daughter in a clan of seven, Rosa Bell’s life story as an observer of the interwar years is a fascinating account into the mining industry, early-20th education and the pressures of living in poverty.
In Rosa’s memoir, leisure activities and cultural practices are mentioned frequently throughout. There was a rise in mass entertainment during the mid …