Cottingham Park might be found in any of a dozen metropolitan boroughs. Blivzed during the war, it now bristles with new council flats and boasts new affluence. A changing society as it were, with the rift widening between succeeding generations, seen through the eyes of many observers.
- May Wilson, the district nurse, the Bannings, housewives like Mrs Boot and teachers like Grace Peel.
The altered expression of post-war London. Monica Dickens applies all her sympathy and humour to the day-to...