All Outputs (2)

‘“The community spirit was a wonderful thing.” On nostalgia and the politics of belonging’ (2016)
Journal Article
Ramsden, S. (2016). ‘“The community spirit was a wonderful thing.” On nostalgia and the politics of belonging’. Oral history, 44(1), 89-97

In this article I draw on oral history interviews about social life in a small town to explore the personal and social implications of nostalgia. Whereas some recent scholarship interprets narratives of lost community in the context of conflicting mo... Read More about ‘“The community spirit was a wonderful thing.” On nostalgia and the politics of belonging’.

The role of the industrial workplace in working-class community, 1945-1980 (2016)
Journal Article
Ramsden, S. (2016). The role of the industrial workplace in working-class community, 1945-1980. Family and Community History, 19(1), 34-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631180.2016.1144959

Historiography of the post-war working classes has tended to underplay the role of industrial workplaces in the community life of many localities. This article uses an oral history case-study of Beverley, East Yorkshire, to show how industrial workpl... Read More about The role of the industrial workplace in working-class community, 1945-1980.