![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was observed by sociologist Seebohm Rowntree in 1950 that anĮxpanding economy and redistribution of wealth after the second Zero-hours contracts and a whole swathe of new penalties andĮmployment issues which came in over the last 10 years really did Research I did, the more I found things were closer to the original "That seemed to me to be something worth looking at and the more There was much stronger community spirit. They didn't have the support of the Mosque or Christmas clubs where Were in a worse situation than ethnic minorities in the areaīecause, while they would have the same level of financial poverty, "She came out of it thinking the white working-class people she met "The idea came from a friend who held a series of focus groupsīefore the 2010 general election looking at poverty and ethnicity Orwell's findings and how he conducted the research. ![]() Whether the situation has improved, in his book The Road to WiganĪrmstrong told .uk what inspired him to look back at Now, 75 years later, Guardian and Sunday Times journalist StephenĪrmstrong has retraced the great author's steps in a bid to see Sociological investigation documenting his travels in the North ofĮngland to understand why the region's working-class population was In 1937, George Orwell published The Road to Wigan Pier, a Wigan Pier today: Armstrong believes there are a lot of simliarities between Wigan's situation in the present and Orwell's time Credit: Dave Green, via Wikimedia Commons ![]()
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