"Darwen Born, Blackburn Bred: Growing up in the Age of Affluence" by Paul Laxton is published

A story about growing up in a working class community in England in the three centuries following WWII. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) July 30, 2016 - "Darwen Born, Blackburn Bred: Growing up in the Age of Affluence" by Paul Laxton is published, ISBN #978-1785078040, About the Book : This book is not a scholarly work of history, nor is it truly a memoir or an autobiography, as I am under no illusions that my life merits that kind of treatment. My standpoint is that of the participant observer, and the backdrop is provided by the proud communities of Blackburn and Darwen where my family lived, where I was educated, and where I worked before moving on to make my own way in life.

I am sure that the experiences I describe will resonate with readers in many other once prosperous industrial areas. The key theme of this book is what it is like to grow up in working class communities during what I have called the Age of Affluence, the thirty years that followed World War Two in which the working people of the United Kingdom for the only time in our industrial history, experienced unbroken employment and saw their lives transformed as a consequence.

About the Author:
Paul Laxton graduated from Keele University with a B.Ed. Upper Second Class Honours in History and Education. He taught History at Springwood High School in Kings Lynn and then Clayton High School in Newcastle-Under-Lyme before joining the Prison Service in 1984. Paul retired in 2010 after serving at nine different establishments as Deputy Governor at Dover, Ford and Lewes and Temporary Governor at HMP Coldingley in Surrey. He is an active trade unionist and was a member of the NEC of the Prison Governor's Association from 2007 - 2010. He chaired Annual Conference of the Prison Governor's Association on four occasions and was awarded Distinguished Life Membership (DLM) on retirement in 2010.

Paul has published two other books including "26 Years Behind Bars: The Recollections of a Prison Governor" and "My Generation: How We Trashed Our Inheritance", both of which are currently available on Amazon.co.uk.

For more details on the author Paul Laxton and his other publications, see his Authorcentral page:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Laxton/e/B00J7JTG6O

"Darwen Born, Blackburn Bred: Growing Up in the Age of Affluence" is available in paperback from Amazon UK at:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darwen-Born-Blackburn-Bred-Affluence/dp/1785078046

This book is also available in paperback from Amazon US at:
https://www.amazon.com/Darwen-Born-Blackburn-Bred-Affluence/dp/1785078046

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