“Old men scribble combinations of numbers onto betting slips like mathematical equations, while others pass by, whispering the names of horses under their breaths like prayers.” NostalgiaGamblingSpeculationLiterary FictionHorse RacingWorking Class WriterBetting Shops Book:Shouting The Odds: A Horse Racing Drama of Risk and Escape Source: Shouting The Odds: A Horse Racing Drama of Risk and Escape
“The tragedy in the lives of the people is in what does not happen, rather than in what does happen -in all they do not realise. Ethel Carnie -Miss Nobody” Working Class WriterForgotten Women WritersLost Voices Author:Ethel Carnie Holdsworth
“Superficial, ha! With me, what you see is what you get?’ Bill, looked up from his drink, ‘Now that is deep!” HumourWorking Class Writer Book:New Reform Source: New Reform