Clubland: How the Working Men's Club Shaped Britain by Pete Brown Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Clubland by Pete Brown The untold story of a British institution Brilliant. Alan Johnson Compelling. David Kynaston The beer drinkers Bill Bryson. Times Literary Supplement Ferment Magazines Best Beer Book of the Year FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The untold story of a British institutionBrilliant. Alan JohnsonCompelling. David KynastonThe beer drinkers Bill Bryson. Times Literary SupplementFerment Magazines Best Beer Book of the Year Pete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating history of the working mens clubs. From the movements 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 Britains 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 before the days of Phoenix Nights, 3,000-seat venues routinely played host to stars like Shirley Bassey, Louis Armstrong, and the Bee Gees, offering entertainment for all the family, and close to home at that. Britains best-known comedians made reputations through a thick miasma of smoke, from Sunniside to Skegness. For a young man growing up in the pit town of Barnsley this was a radiant wonderland that transformed those who entered.Brown explores the clubs role in defining masculinity, community and class identity for generations of men in Britains industrial towns. They were, at their best, a vehicle for social mobility and self-improvement, run as cooperatives for working people by working people: an informal, community-owned pre-cursor to the Welfare State.As the movement approaches its 160th anniversary, this exuberant book brings to life the thrills and the spills of a cultural phenomenon that might still be rescued from irrelevance. Author Biography Pete Brown is a Barnsley-born author, journalist, blogger and broadcaster specialising in food and drink. His broad, fresh approach takes in social history, cultural commentary, travel writing, personal discovery and natural history, and his words are always delivered with the warmth and wit youd expect from a great night down the pub. He writes for newspapers and magazines around the world and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4s Food Programme. He was named British Beer Writer of the Year in 2009, 2012, 2016, and 2021, has won three Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards, and has been shortlisted twice for the Andre Simon Awards. He blogs at petebrown.net and can be found on Twitter as @PeteBrownBeer Review Pete Brown is a brilliant master of ceremonies as he brings the history of these fine institutions to life and demonstrates their importance in working class communities across the country. Alan Johnson, author of This BoyA compelling mixture of social history, vivid reportage and candid autobiography, Clubland makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of Britain in the last century and a half. David Kynaston, author of Austerity BritainThis is not a romantic book, lost in misty memories. It is a deeply political one. Warm, witty, Brown writes this study with humour, but also rage. The ObserverDroll, warm, bittersweet. Times Literary SupplementA diverting journey through an important chapter of British social history. A portrait of the working man at play, at the bar, at the committee table at the club at the end of his street and yet… within touching distance of Tom Jones. Mark RadcliffePete Brown writes poetically and with great authority on a slice of culture that has been ignored or derided for many years. He illuminates these arts centres, debating halls and palaces of carefree delight with love and care. Ian McMillan, author of Neither Nowt Nor SummatAn important history and a heartfelt tribute to the friendship, organisation, humour and community to be found in these remarkable institutions. Ian Clayton, author of Its The Beer Talking: Adventures in Public HousesLeave any flat-capped clichés at the door: Brown offers an earnest exploration of this crucially formative area of British social history. John Warland, author of Liquid HistoryCompletely original and brilliantly entertaining … a masterful blend of pub-fire anecdote, rigorously researched social history and insightful commentary; ultimately, a political book.Ferment Magazine, Beer Book of the Year 2022 Promotional A Radio 4 Book of the Week Details ISBN0008457573 Author Pete Brown Pages 320 Year 2023 ISBN-10 0008457573 ISBN-13 9780008457570 Publication Date 2023-06-08 UK Release Date 2023-06-08 Format Paperback Imprint HarperNorth Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Subtitle How the Working Mens Club Shaped Britain DEWEY 367.941 Audience General Alternative 9780008457556 NZ Release Date 2024-01-30 AU Release Date 2024-01-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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