“The Government and all others have no interest in the disabled as regards working. No Government Office wants to know you, they put you on a file, stick you in a drawer and then close it. This system, however, is no good to someone who only wants to work. After all they are not asking for the moon, just a chance to be called a working man once again, and not to be thrown on a scrap heap just because one’s health is not what it was.”
Victor Irving writes about his experiences going blind in his forties. As Doris Sydenham turns 21, she loses her father and Britain gets ready for war. Her younger siblings get evacuated and her eldest brother goes to fight, but the end of the war is just the beginning of her problems. Ruth and Edmund Frow, founders of the Working Class Movement Library write about the Peterloo Massacre. Write On 13 also has contributions from Who Feels It Knows It, a collection of writing by West Indian literacy students that was published by the Gatehouse Project.
Featured writers:
Sammy Tierney (1946-1987)Frances HigsonAngela RamplingDoris SydenhamPaul BatchelorJoan Batchelor (1937 - 2021)Rick GwiltKeith StephensBill Pavlides (Bill Pavlidis)Ruth AllinsonRuth FrowEdmund FrowWendy WhitfieldKevin FeganDave PrestburyAilsa CoxAlf IronmongerAlan ButterworthJohn GowlingJohn KoziolVictor IrvingHyacinth SinclairCecil Brown
