'Seen but not heard': City childhoods from the past into the present

Paedagogica Historica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-429

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1. There are different versions of this story. The present version is taken from Carson, Ciaran. Fishing for Amber. A Long Story. London: Granta, 1999: 2.
2. Another version begins: 'It was a dark and stormy night, the rain came down in torrents, there were brigands in the mountains, and wolves, and the chief of Brigands said to Antonio, 'I'm bored - tell us a story' ... Antonio ... paused for a moment and began his story. 'It was a dark and stormy night... The rain came down in torrents. There were brigands on the mountains and wolves, and the chief of the brigands said ..." Ahlberg, Janet and Alan. It was a dark and stormy night. London: Viking, 199.3: 1.
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9. The series was based on the Jules Dassin's police procedural feature film of the same name which was shot on location in New York.
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32. Boys (1909-1946)-are held by Nelson Street Primary School. Thanks to the head teacher for permission to consult these volumes and for access to a 1960s photograph of the old school.
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