Tag: autobiography

New Article: Arthur Wragg Draws Walter as a Schoolboy in ‘The Old School – an Autobiographical Fragment’ (The Cleft Stick, 1937) *

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Arthur Wragg and Walter Greenwood probably first met when they were both 32 years old in 1935. They then spent a year working on their collaborative book The Cleft Stick, or 'its the same the whole world over', which was published in 1937. This is made up of fourteen short stories by Greenwood, mainly written… Continue reading New Article: Arthur Wragg Draws Walter as a Schoolboy in ‘The Old School – an Autobiographical Fragment’ (The Cleft Stick, 1937) *

New Article: ‘ “Servitude at the Desk”: Walter Greenwood and Clerical Work’.

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Greenwood first worked as a pawnbroker's clerk aged twelve, before and after school. On leaving school aged thirteen he worked fulltime in the same job for a year before finding, aged fourteen, a new and better job as a clerk at the Pendleton offices of the Co-Operative Society. However, he was still extremely unhappy as… Continue reading New Article: ‘ “Servitude at the Desk”: Walter Greenwood and Clerical Work’.