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Worktown Collection (1937-40): list of topics
The Worktown Papers are divided into various topics listed below. By clicking on one of the links below you will be taken to the associated catalogue for that topic.
Organisation of project
Public Houses
2 Typescripts: the Pub and the People
3 Public Houses
Sport
Politics
5 Politics general
6 Politics manuscripts
7 Party politics
8 Political activities (Fascism, Left Book Club, Spanish Aid)
9 Municipal politics
10 Municipal Politics
11 Municipal Elections
12 Voting; Parliamentary by-election
13 Trade Unions
Religion
14 Plans for research and book on religious activities
15 Lists & descriptions of places of worship
16 Church rituals, bells, notices and yards
17 Non-Conformists, Methodists Mazdaznan, Missions & sects
18 Books
19 Church finances & social events
20 Church services
21 Sermons, processions, clergy & church personnel
22 Sermons & collections; fetes, bazaars & jumble sales; youth groups
23 Bible classes, annual events, counts & observations
24 Meetings, lectures, funerals, special ceremonies
25 Special services
Special days
26 Special days in Spring
27 Armistice Day, Coronation Day, wakes, Valentine's Day, Christmas
Money matters
28 Reports and general material
29 Shopping observations
30 Shopping, budgets, Chamber of Trade, Co-op
31 Christmas & January sales
32 Food & shopping
33 Saving
34 South Lancashire saving survey
Film & cinema
35 Cinema-going survey
36 Cinema observations
Public services
37 Byelaws, police, public health
38 Planning, housing, the Town Council, mental health
Industry
39 Background research on industry; the Co-operative movement
40 Book drafts; textile workers; collieries
Special area of Bolton study
41 Study of a small area of Bolton
Short reports
42 Assorted short reports (1)(The Wigan lasher; miscellaneous conversations and overheards; Labour exchange; general follows and day surveys; pets and RSPCA; transport; Territorial Army and drill hall; Rude stories, swearing, jokes & graffiti; the weather; Ideal Homes & Happy Homes Exhibitions; rag & bones and Irish haymaking; Happiness; life stories)
43 Assorted short reports (2) (public library; The Bolton Citizen; the Pleids Society and newspaper survey; political publications; BBC radio programme; art exhibitions; paintings and painters)
Social conditions & Housing
44 Social conditions & housing
Holidays
45 Drafts of book, excursions and observations
46 Holiday competition/questionnaires
Leisure & entertainment
47 Leisure organisations & societies
48 Leisure activities, fares & dance
halls
Children
49 Children's essays: observations in schools
Wartime in Bolton
50 Churchill & Chamberlain; war talk 1938;
crisis 1939-40
51 Reactions to news from Belgium & France
52 Observations in Bolton in the early months of war, 1939-40
Blackpool
53 General & historical material
54 Local government and tourism
55 Holidays, guest houses and hotels
56 Observations in Blackpool
57 Observations in Blackpool cont'd.
58 Side shows & amusements
59 Children
60 Book drafts on Blackpool
61 Book drafts on Blackpool
62 Book drafts on Blackpool
63 Book drafts on Blackpool
Britain revisited 1960
64 Mass-Observation returns to Bolton & Blackpool,
1960
65 Plans for Britain revisited
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