Posted by David Bamford on July 02, 2010 at 01:00:40 user David.
In Reply to: Re: Sailing trains (was Picts and Martyrs) posted by andyb on July 02, 2010 at 23:21:03:
I would have considered Mary Swainson as quite working class. Working on a farm only means that you work harder than other folk, often for less return. As most of the central protagonists are too young for working, it must have been difficult for an author to introduce older-but-not-too-old down-to-earth women. From what I have read of the Twenties and Thirties, working opportunities were much less for young girls than they are now. WWII swept away a lot of restrictive attitudes in this regard.
David.