The GOT Book Club

[Bilko]

I'm in the company of literary royalty so it seems !. I wasn't bright enough to do English lit at any level worth mentioning, the only book I remember was " Cider with Rosie " and really don't recall that either.

 

[Eggs]

I'm in the company of literary royalty so it seems !. I wasn't bright enough to do English lit at any level worth mentioning, the only book I remember was " Cider with Rosie " and really don't recall that either.

….i got an ‘O-Level’ English Lit in the early 70s. The book was ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’; the play was ‘Macbeth’ and we had an Anthology of Poems from War Poets.

Never been an avid reader although To Kill a Mockingbird remains my favourite ever book (and film). My daughter loves it too.

 

[Bilko]

….i got an ‘O-Level’ English Lit in the early 70s. The book was ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’; the play was ‘Macbeth’ and we had an Anthology of Poems from War Poets.

Never been an avid reader although To Kill a Mockingbird remains my favourite ever book (and film). My daughter loves it too.

I'm nearing retirement so have plans to educate myself. I'm planning English Lit as my first project.

 

[Eggs]

I'm nearing retirement so have plans to educate myself. I'm planning English Lit as my first project.

…good on you, a great subject to take up. I still remember quotes and themes from the book/play/poems I read over 50 years ago.

 

[atrottel]

I'm in the company of literary royalty so it seems !. I wasn't bright enough to do English lit at any level worth mentioning, the only book I remember was " Cider with Rosie " and really don't recall that either.

Worth a re-read, as well as his Spanish Civil War book As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning.

 

[woodsyni]

I'm so hyped that my copy of Joe Abercrombie's latest book came in early yesterday at Waterstones. I've been waiting for this for over three years now. The inner artwork is cool as hell too.
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My favourite author but I'm not buying that till the Kindle price comes down a bit. I looked around for similar "grimdark" fantasy and went for the Broken Empire trilogy by Mark Lawrence. Read all three books last week on holiday. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Just started his next trilogy Red Queen's War. Not just as good but still very enjoyable if you like morally-dubious characters. Also recommend the Storm light Archive by Brandon Sanderson.

 

[Cameron Manning]

Three books that I imagine have already been well read by posters on here that I recommend are
Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist by Robert Tressall.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Sea Biscuit is the true story of the American horse, it’s owner, trainer and jockey and their efforts over many years to win a big race in America, the other two books shouldn’t need any introduction and are brilliant reads although a few people have told me they felt The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist was very depressing— but it is a story about very depressing times so I don’t know what else they expected!

 

[Eggs]

Three books that I imagine have already been well read by posters on here that I recommend are
Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist by Robert Tressall.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Sea Biscuit is the true story of the American horse, it’s owner, trainer and jockey and their efforts over many years to win a big race in America, the other two books shouldn’t need any introduction and are brilliant reads although a few people have told me they felt The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist was very depressing— but it is a story about very depressing times so I don’t know what else they expected!

….read Ragged Trousered Philanthropist myself last year after it was recommended by a Docker friend of mine. Thought it was poignant reminder of the time, the author with very close connections to Liverpool (blue plaques on old Royal Hospital where he died and his paupers grave opposite Walton jail).

 

[Cameron Manning]

….read Ragged Trousered Philanthropist myself last year after it was recommended by a Docker friend of mine. Thought it was poignant reminder of the time, the author with very close connections to Liverpool (blue plaques on old Royal Hospital where he died and his paupers grave opposite Walton jail).

Robert Tressall was buried in a paupers grave in that cemetery but a group of people connected to Liverpool Council and the Labour Party got together and buried Robert and I think about 20 more paupers in a proper grave with a big headstone with all their names wrote on it —— getting him a proper fitting to his talent.

 

[summerisle]

I'm in the company of literary royalty so it seems !. I wasn't bright enough to do English lit at any level worth mentioning, the only book I remember was " Cider with Rosie " and really don't recall that either.

There's a clue in the title. I've read his sequel, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. He leaves Slad, goes to work in London, then decided to bugger off and go to Spain to fight in the civil war, very good, well worth a read. Haven't read yet his final book of his trilogy.

 

[kev]

Robert Tressall was buried in a paupers grave in that cemetery but a group of people connected to Liverpool Council and the Labour Party got together and buried Robert and I think about 20 more paupers in a proper grave with a big headstone with all their names wrote on it —— getting him a proper fitting to his talent.

It's the original grave mate. It's the headstone that was added along with the names of not just Robert, but all the others buried there.

 

[Bilko]

The Darkness,Ragnar Jonasson.
It's an unusual ending , short punchy chapters. Not amazing, but not bad for an easy read.

 

[Cameron Manning]

It's the original grave mate. It's the headstone that was added along with the names of not just Robert, but all the others buried there.

Fair enough Kev— I thought they were all brought together from different graves and put in one grave, alls well that ends well.

 

[kev]

Fair enough Kev— I thought they were all brought together from different graves and put in one grave, alls well that ends well.

Yeah, it's really sad but the burial was arranged by to the 'overseers of the poor'.
'Plot T11' was a 25ft deep 'public grave'
The burial took place on 10th Feb 1911. The remains of 13 bodies lie in that grave.

Robert Noonan (Tressell) 40 died in Liverpool Infirmary
Elizebeth Davies 50 from Cornwallis St.
Anna Brown 68 died in the workhouse
Margaret Bethell 61 from Kirkdale
James Gribb 32 died in the workhouse
William Ash 54 died in Highfield Infirmary
May James 27 died in the workhouse
Ann Ashton 1 week old born and died in the workhouse
William Ducksbury 65 from Salisbury St.
William Barnes 70 died in the workhouse
Mary Davidson 79 died in the workhouse
Lily Harrison 33 from Wilfer St.
Richard Donald 70 from St. Annes St.

The site of the grave was only identified in 1970 and it remained unmarked until 1977 after, as you said, the local Labour Party and local TUC had raised the money to have the gravestone made and erected.

R.I.P.

 

[Cameron Manning]

Yeah, it's really sad but the burial was arranged by to the 'overseers of the poor'.
'Plot T11' was a 25ft deep 'public grave'
The burial took place on 10th Feb 1911. The remains of 13 bodies lie in that grave.

Robert Noonan (Tressell) 40 died in Liverpool Infirmary
Elizebeth Davies 50 from Cornwallis St.
Anna Brown 68 died in the workhouse
Margaret Bethell 61 from Kirkdale
James Gribb 32 died in the workhouse
William Ash 54 died in Highfield Infirmary
May James 27 died in the workhouse
Ann Ashton 1 week old born and died in the workhouse
William Ducksbury 65 from Salisbury St.
William Barnes 70 died in the workhouse
Mary Davidson 79 died in the workhouse
Lily Harrison 33 from Wilfer St.
Richard Donald 70 from St. Annes St.

The site of the grave was only identified in 1970 and it remained unmarked until 1977 after, as you said, the local Labour Party and local TUC had raised the money to have the gravestone made and erected.

R.I.P.

Thanks for that reply Kev— I made that list a few years ago when I visited the grave and I have it somewhere in the house— thought there was more to be honest! How very sad, as you said, when you look at the poverty they all died in, workhouses or from around the inner city where I was born— Everton Brow—and I saw enough poverty even then in the1940’s and50’s.