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Tales of the Shopocracy (Trosiadau/Translations S.)
Tales of the Shopocracy - Trosiadau/Translations S. Author:John Barnie This book features the forgotten world of Wales' small-town shopkeepers..."Tales of the Shopocracy" follows the fortunes of one shopkeeping family through the profound social changes of the post World War Two years. Small, independently run shops were once a mainstay of every town in Wales, yet today, they are an almost forgotten sight. Defined ... more »by the values of the lower-middle class that emphasised decency, honesty, lip-service to Christianity, loyalty to King and Country, independence, and 'getting on' through hard work, it was in many ways a secure world for a child to grow up within. In "Tales of the Shopocracy" John Barnie looks back at his experience of this world, his father having kept a sweet and ice cream shop in Abergavenny for over forty years. It also plots his eventual rebellion against some of these middle-class values, and the sense of divided loyalties that this brought in its wake.« less