ABSTRACT
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The last tenant, who vacated in 1948, paid £8o a year; the £I2o for the same area. The farm build- of repair, but milk has to be taken
of the early thirties and have raised them con- of tenancy allowed of rental
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Most of the inhabitants who are old enough to remember of eight to ten children as a fairly common feature in the
If me father thowt
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are held to be 'betwixt and between and not very comfortable' or 'in a of his own'. Despite the apparently indeterminate
of this class own their own houses, possess cars, and of people. But there are many other people lower in the social
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of personal display. In the later stages of the field-work it
of 'bettering oneself'.In the remainder of the
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of Gosforth have been more
of many of his predecessors, the following of age.) of my own pocket. No one in the parish has to maintain a standard of of his position as a leading member of the com- of the largest and most imposing houses in
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the year. In either case the religious ceremony corresponds to secular events which can be seen and experienced. briefly:
of the people I spoke of St. Barnabas, St. Bartholomew, St. Stephen
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any way. Religious beliefs are not strong enough to prevent the holding of dances during Lent, although the attendance of parish-
of the clergy alone, or resulted from a general acceptance of the of the Rector. Thus, of 436 marriages solemnized be-
