tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post3692755242037837579..comments2024-02-23T01:45:36.309-08:00Comments on Peter G. Shilston's Blog: For My Grandfather: Respectable and Not-RespectablePeter G. Shilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14738298407725174339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-31661470335740541802017-11-18T07:35:10.790-08:002017-11-18T07:35:10.790-08:00Great blog. An interesting piece. I recall form GK...Great blog. An interesting piece. I recall form GK Chesterton's autobiography that his father always insisted that "there are many things people may call my family, but I hope respectable is not one of them". He was of course a catholic dissident. <br />The Daily Herald, as I remember (b. 1956) changed its name in 1964 to ... The Sun.<br />[I was at NHS 1968-75)Andrew Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590365185633880886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327028885417240312.post-63580461325650684132017-11-17T18:58:26.140-08:002017-11-17T18:58:26.140-08:00Somewhere in his writings, George Orwell distingui...Somewhere in his writings, George Orwell distinguishes between working-class women who wore shawls to cover their heads, and those, fewer in number, who wore hats. I didn't think much of it at the time, but it chimes with what you've written here.<br />Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.com