On the 7th December it will be 58 years since the film Poor Cow was released in the UK. It coincidently was the first film my parents went to see at the Barnsley Odeon on their first date. It's also my Dad's 82nd birthday next week ...

#PoorCow
#KitchenSinkRealism
#NellDunn
#KenLoach

An informative interview where John Braine discusses his novel "Room At The Top" with Studs Terkel, broadcast on April 19th 1959. A really pleasant listen.
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#JohnBraine
#RoomAtTheTop
#KitchenSinkRealism
#AngryYoungMenMovement
#BritishNewWave
#WorkingClassLiterature
#Booksky
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