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| Name: Raymond Holroyd From: Bolton-Le-Sands E-mail: Contact |
I am a workers Trade Union activist, this book paints a workers reality from the past, that is as relevant today. It is unnerving that the characters can be indentified at every workplace, that politicians, hierarchy is the same today. Lack of Education of these life facts is evident today as it ever was. Our local campaign groups against cuts, against the changes that destroy our communities, break up our society, have agreed to make and show the “play” version of the Ragged trousered philanthropist , any help greatly received
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| Name: Peter Towers From: Salford, England. E-mail: Contact |
I have read the book a number of times and unfortunately it is proof positive of the old adage do not judge a book by the cover indeed by the title! I scour book shelves in charity shops to buy copies - the few copies that become available and give them to unaware friends with the simple explanation - easily the best book I have read.
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| Name: Annie Smith From: New Zealand E-mail: Contact |
I read Tressell's book in my early 20s (I'm now 74) and it was a revelation. Now a young relative of mine is off to university in 2012, to read political science. I'm buying her a copy of The RTP as a parting gift - but I'm looking forward to re-reading it myself first!
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| Name: Kevin Gassaway From: San Diego, Calif., USA E-mail: Contact |
I found this site thanks to a mention in the Introduction of the Oxford World's Classics edition of RTP. I've never been a house-painter myself, but I was still chuckling with recognition, because the relations of employers and employees haven't changed much over 100 years or with the advent of white collar work. By the way, there's an excellent and *unabridged* MP3 recording of RTP read by Tadhg Hynes and available for free through LibriVox. That was how I came to this work originally, and later I bought a physical copy because I knew I'd be rereading and referring to it. Admin reply: The link to LibriVox is here - http://librivox.org/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-by-robert-tressell /
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| Name: joe dillon From: peterborough E-mail: Contact |
the brickie gets the meat the chippy the cheese pity the poor painter when the leaves fall off the trees (anonymous) a painter of over 40 years experience Tressel described my life long before I was born. will we ever learn? one day! thanks to the many Bob Noooans that there are.
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| Name: peter liddell From: wirral E-mail: Contact |
i am reading the ragged trouserered philanthropists in my 60's for the 1st time in nearly 40 years it appears to me that the money trick is still relevent 100 years on sweater rushton didlum grinder have been replaced by cameron clegg pickles cable et al
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| Name: Bill Lucy From: Dorset E-mail: Contact |
At the age of eighty I feel urged to record my connection, albeit tenuous with Robert Tressell. Spring 1946, fourteen years of age I report for full time work with an electrical contractor in Hastings. Within the first few ninutes of my first day I saw an apprentice receive a slap on the head from a tradesman. I thought "ihis is more like school than work". My first school was St Andrews in Stonefield Road. Kathleen Noonan was a pupil there when she and her father lived in Milward Road. I began school in 1937 and Robert's work in St Andrews church would still have been quite fresh. The firm I worked for sub-contracted to Adams & Jarrett one of Robert's employers and we worked alongside Burtons the painter, decorater and undertaker. Those familiar with Fred Ball's book "One of the Damned" will recall that the dispute over the coffin plate was with Burtons. They handled all my family's funerals until the 1950's For a couple of years after the war much of our work was repairing bomb damage (not all the result of enemy action). When this work tailed off men were laid off at a moment's notice. At this time I was working with Les Harman and I was standing next to Les when he was handed his "cards". It was Les who presented Kathleen with a television set in 1968 so that she could watch the film of her father's book. My firm had an old fashioned handcart which we apprentices were expected to push all over Hastings. "Bert" pushed his up London Road, I only had to hold ours back coming down the hill. In 1959 opportunities for tradesmen in Hastings were very limited (not much change there then) and despite being appointed a foreman I was paid tuppence an hour below the approved rate simply because employers could get away with it. As a result I uprooted my young family and moved for more pay and good prospects. On my last contract in Hastings Burtons were doing the painting and decorating. Goodbye Mugsborough town of my birth. During my working life I witnessed the introduction of the NHS, the nationalisation of our great industries and significant changes to the lives of workers. It seems to me I am now witnessing the last of much of what we gained being taken from us.
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| Name: Robert Nash From: Liverpool E-mail: Contact |
I made a comment on a site called the Weekly Gripe. A woman was claiming praise for building her own house. I used the name Robert Tressell as a handle when reminding her of the artisans who had actualy built it.
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| Name: Stephen McCartney From: Saltburn by the sea E-mail: Contact |
Thanks to the site organisers for their authentic act of remembrance for all those who sacrificed their lives, in fields and on the streets, for the goal of ending such conditions as RTP so brilliantly describes. Sad to acknowledge that the powerbrokers and the electronically-wired RTPs - like P(roles) in an Ipod - are colluding to not only accept, but rationally promote the return to such degrading and unjust socio-economic and inhumane times. Such brilliant philosophy of the inherent struggle between the working-class and the agents of capitalism was rare and now albut obsolete; we need another Robert Tressell now to challenge the absolutism of the political economists. RT would be spinning in his grave to witness such backsliding. The so-called best (H)educated casual labour force in the history of mankind. Triple-A batteries have more sense of collective thought and action than today's proletarians. That's progress; 'Ip, 'ip 'ooray!
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| Name: michael mc donnell From: london E-mail: Contact |
Have just finished the book & loved it, there is much i can still relate to. I would love to know what he would think of the world today, probably say i told you so.
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