Clubland: How the Working Mens Club Shaped Britain Brown Pete
The untold story of a British institution 'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson 'Compelling.' David Kynaston 'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary SupplementFerment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the…
Specifikacia Clubland: How the Working Mens Club Shaped Britain Brown Pete
The untold story of a British institution 'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson 'Compelling.' David Kynaston 'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary SupplementFerment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the YearPete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating history of the working men's clubs. From the movement's founding by teetotaller social reformer the Reverend Henry Solly to the booze-soaked mid-century heyday, when more than 7 million Brits were members, this warm-hearted and entertaining book reveals how and why the clubs became the cornerstone of Britain's social life - offering much more than cheap Federation Bitter and chicken in a basket.Often dismissed as relics of a bygone age - bastions of bigotry and racism - Brown reminds us that long