Ten Years In A Portsmouth Slum
Ten Years In A Portsmouth Slum

Author: Robert Dolling

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780957241343

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Father Robert Dolling was an extraordinary figure who had a profound influence on the society, morals, education and health of the people of Landport, Portsmouth in the 1890s. Sent to the town to start a mission and revive the influence of the Church, he entered a wild, untamed corner of the kingdom where drinking, violence, prostitution and vice of all sorts proliferated in its dark, tight and stinking streets. Over a period of ten years, Dolling fought to help families who wanted a better life, building friendships, spreading hope - and raising Saint Agatha's - a large basilica-style church at the very heart of the quarter. Filled with wonderful Portsmouth characters and vivid descriptions of Landport life told in Dolling's unique voice, Ten Years In A Portsmouth Slum gives a rare insight into the lives of some of the poorest of the poor in this sometimes violent, always vibrant naval town. With a brand new foreword by Portsmouth historian and writer, Matt Wingett.

Father Dolling: A Memoir Edited with an Introduction by Matthew Fisher
Father Dolling: A Memoir Edited with an Introduction by Matthew Fisher

Author: Joseph Clayton

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0244149941

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Joseph Clayton (1868-1943) wrote this short memoir of his dear friend of fourteen years shortly after Father Dolling's death. Dolling's account of the work at Portsmouth was published. Whilst Ten Years tells the story of the Irish High Church slum-priest's incredible devotion to the poor people of Landport, this memoir encourages the reader to understand all Dolling's work and also his views on politics; the theatre and literature; the Boer War, including soldiers pay; his ?methods? with drunk Vicars; and even the issues of water supply to East London. Therefore, this short Memoir is more than a memorial to the deceased Father Dolling, it provides insights into many aspects of late Victorian city life and attitudes to a wide range of topics.

The Magical Imagination
The Magical Imagination

Author: Karl Bell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-02-23

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1107002001

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Innovative history of the popular magical imagination and ordinary people's experience of urbanization in nineteenth-century England.

A History of the Church in England
A History of the Church in England

Author: J. R. H. Moorman

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 1980-06

Total Pages: 507

ISBN-13: 081921406X

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This authoritative account of the Church in England covers its history from earliest times to the late twentieth century. Includes chapters on the Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Medieval periods before a description of the Reformation and its effects, the Stuart period, and the Industrial Age, with a final chapter on the modern church through 1972.

More Than Mere Amusement
More Than Mere Amusement

Author: Catriona M. Parratt

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781555534943

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This groundbreaking study surveys how working-class women, restricted by gender, time, and financial means, as well as cultural and social tensions, managed to find spheres of leisure and recreation.