Live from Worktown historian, author and artist, the late Dave Burnham created an invaluable resource that summarises the research output from the Mass Observation initiative that took place in the 1930s in Bolton.
We’ve added this fantastic resource to our web-site so that people who want to find out more about the Bolton of that time can easily dip into this accessible and highly entertaining review of the MO archives.
Please click on the chapter links below for more information.
- Introduction to MO
- Who were the Bolton MOs?
- Notes about Local MO
- Food and Shopping
- Spies in Bolton?
- Council Houses and Fumigation
- World War II
- A vulgar cricket match
- Communist Party Meetings
- Rounders
- British Union of Fascists
- Savings – or lack of . . .
- Outing with a girl stranger
- Interview with John Bright
- Ernie Luetchford – 4 observations
- Help wanted!
Live from WorktownÂcontinues to support research into Mass Observation, as well as promoting the town’s on-going involvement in today’s MO initiatives. So, if you know of anyone who was involved in the original MO, please join us in a search for local people who were volunteers with the Worktown Survey.Â
Contact us on massobs@livefromworktown.org.uk.