Re: Swallows and Amazons in the year 2009


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Posted by Peter Ceresole on January 08, 2009 at 19:46:11 user PeterC.

In Reply to: Re: Swallows and Amazons in the year 2009 posted by Pam Adams on January 08, 2009 at 18:44:36:

As an American, I'm not really sure about what 'the local council estate' implies

Although I'm not quite sure of my USAnian here, I think an equivalent might be 'project housing'.

Council estates were (are) housing put up by local government, with a greater or lesser degree of subsidy. By their nature they tend to house poorer people, which doesn't directly imply anything beyond just that. But indirectly there's a wealth of implication... None of which, of course, implies anything about any individual but, of course, damns them all.

We really do live in an imperfect world.


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