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.