‘For instance, as a young teacher in Pontypool I had the heartbreaking task of teaching children whose fathers had never been in work.’ (Circa 1931)
Action Replay, Jeffrey Hamm
He goes on to describe the petty criminality that arose from this situation.
Nothing new under the sun, huh?
Tags: 1930s, depression, Petty criminality, unemployment
So Sick of Drowning 
June 13, 2012 at 4:08 am
Nope, nothing new – people do whatever they must to survive. Saddest thing is that any resultant crime is poor on poor, scrapping over the smallest leavings from the crumbs discarded.
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