[ebooktalk] Re: "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists"

  • From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
  • To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:28:12 +0100

This is a book I must re-read s I last read it in my teens when I was probably 
too young for it though I definitely shared Tresel's politics then as I do now. 
 
On 30 Jun 2013, at 09:12, Pele West wrote:

> Hi Trish and Everyone
> 
> What an interesting thread this is, seeing what everyone's five books
> are. I am still working on mine.
> 
> Although I think it is one of the most moving books I have read, I don't
> think i will be including "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists". Peter
> and I lived in Hastings, which is the town that Mugsborough is based on,
> and Robert Tressell is still remembered there. In fact, Peter spent time
> in the Robert Tressell ward in the local hospital.
> 
> Pele
> -- 
> Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 


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