Author: ambler1

Greenwood is very much associated with the Depression and the nineteen-thirties, but his writing career went on into the nineteen-seventies. In a piece of forgotten writing of his from 1970, I have recently found him talking about the threat of nuclear war as the  contemporary equivalent of economic collapse and unemployment. See: Walter Greenwood and the… Continue reading New Article: Walter Greenwood and the Delta Bombers

The story of Walter Greenwood's tie connects up with a few other parts of his story - including his collaboration on the play of Love on the Dole with Ronald Gow, his career as a politician and his visit to Gracie Fields villa on Capri.  The grand climax of the article is an image of… Continue reading New article on Walter Greenwood’s Tie

This is really the beginning of an answer to a question I was asked about whether the success of Love on the Dole  took Greenwood from being on the dole to being a millionaire. I don't think so, but some evidence I've recently found suggests that he did make a lot of money from the… Continue reading New Article: Walter Greenwood’s Finances and Love on the Dole

This is the story of a colourful character, sometimes known as James Arthur Edwards,  who claimed to be the real co-writer of the play of Love on the Dole, robbed of his rightful authorship after arguing with Greenwood, who then credited Ronald Gow instead. It was not the only unusual story told by or about… Continue reading New Article: Walter Greenwood and the Spy – an Incredible Story

Greenwood claimed in a letter in 1940 that hundreds of sermons had been given about Love on the Dole. I haven't found hundreds, but I have found a number together with a lot of letters to the press about Greenwood's work by clergymen. Some disapproved, others highly praised his work. The article tells the completely… Continue reading New Article! ‘Love on the Dole and the Clergy’