Publications
Poverty - Hardship but Happiness: Those were the days 1903-1917, by Albert Paul, published December 1974 (66 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733009 & ISBN-13: 9780904733006) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502497][Lib/504090] & The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:It tells the story of a working class boy's life in the years between 1903 and 1917, from his childhood through to adolescence. It looks at the hardships of life before and during the First World War and examines the ways that children's lives changed as a result of the Great War. Albert Paul was a retired carpenter who lived all his life in Brighton, and he describes in vivid detail the life of a boy brought up in poverty and his struggle against adversity.
Hard Work and No Consideration: 51 Years as a Carpenter-Joiner 1917-1968, by Albert Paul, published 1981 (136 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504087] & The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This is the sequel to Poverty, Hardship but Happiness. Brightonian, Albert Paul, left school at the tender age of fourteen and began work as a carpenter, rising from the position of apprentice to that of master craftsman. Albert remained in his job throughout his life, in an era when people usually continued to work for one employer throughout their working lives.
This second book vividly describes how he supported his family during his working life as a carpenter/joiner in Brighton from 1917 to 1968. His hard work and commitment throughout his career, which lasted fifty-one years, is an example to us all. This book was written in 1975, one year before the author died.
This second book vividly describes how he supported his family during his working life as a carpenter/joiner in Brighton from 1917 to 1968. His hard work and commitment throughout his career, which lasted fifty-one years, is an example to us all. This book was written in 1975, one year before the author died.