Thursday Talk - Citizens Advice Bureau Cases in Tyneside in the 1950s: Divorce, Domestics and Rehousing

A talk by Margaret Bozic on Citizens Advice Bureau cases in 1950s Tyneside, covering divorce, domestic cases and rehousing.

Margaret Bozic gives a talk exploring what life was really like in the North East after the Second World War, drawing on Citizens Advice Bureau cases from 1950s Tyneside. The talk looks at divorce, domestic cases and rehousing, and raises questions around what people ate, the state of housing at the time, and the situation of men and women within the family. The talk takes place at Jesmond Library on Thursday 8 October from 6pm to 7pm.

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