Nostalgia - Raymond Turner

Aug 20, 2026

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Nostalgia is a recollection set in northern England between the 1920s and 1936, portraying everyday life through small material details and communal rituals. The narrative contrasts former routines—terraced houses, gas lamps, street sounds, local errands, and improvised entertainment—with social pressures brought by economic change, strikes, and industrial decline. It follows three lads growing up in the same neighbourhood, shaped by friendship, shared experiences, and eventual paths toward marriage.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages142

Reading Time3 h 39 min

AccessFree to download

Synopsis

Setting and era

Daily life details

Main characters and premise

Community change and social tension

Early plot events

N O S T A工 G 工 A BY RAYMOND TURNER 上下 MISSION 878。 S2 301078038617例 # SYNOPSIS This story,"NOSTAIGIA"is based on life in the north of England from the 1920'sto 1936.The way of life as it used to be.Every terraced house with one coldwater tap,a tin bath that was hung up in the back yard.The toilet at thebottom of the yard,a candle for the bedroom light,a stone hot water bottle,filled from the kettle that was heated on a coal fire in the kitchen,carbidelamps for pedal cycles,and the lamp lighter going round the streets lightingthe gas lamps.The knocker up tapping on upstairs windows to awaken thesleeping factory workers,the sound of clogs pounding the pavement,tramcarsrumbling through the town,street vendors selling most goods from a horse andcart,policemen wearing cloaks,the dawn of the wireless with the accumulator,the wrist watch,cement for building and chamber pots.All these things I haveincluded and formed into a story of three lads growing up in the north andeventually getting married. The main character,a Peter Nelson,bricklayer by trade,inseparable fram hismates,whom the Gods smiled on,and who was given riches beyond his wildestdreams,and his parents,who survived the strikes and poverty to become nearlymiddle class.Ali the names in this story are fictitious,and the whole storyis just "Nostalgia". R TURNER 1 As I waiked dowm our street im those.faraway days,llittTe did I reaDise t脸e:changestHat were tos take place,,inwolwimg whoile aommunities,and?in some cases,the devastationcreated By these cianges,agerevated the growing decTensiom of a Targe pencentage ofthe workfarce hera1ding a new dawn of decay and desalation.The financiaIknightsof the axe,decapitated our industrial mhBhabbbb strenth Teavimg the populatiomdivided end resentful.A11 tHis for the micro ehip.I can rememier happier days,the street where I Tived wasl a typican nortHerm terraced House dis.trict or stou1d'I nyCrommunity,you knew and spoke to your next daor neighbour and most of the residentswho 1iwed in the street.THere were the LittIes,,Hargreeves,Smiths,WaIkers,Joneses,I cou1d'meme nearly al1 af them,we knew each other Tike the back of our hend.To sontinue,elk:down.tHe street a bout fiwa o clock on a Friday evnming and you:wou¹d see most of the womenfolk with cTeam pinafores om,standing an their:front doorsteps,waiti ng.for tlhe biread winners.to return from work,wit址h treir paypacke ts.Du&ing autumn and.the winter months:;,a kind of foe wouId'hang over the.rooftops with al1 the chimneys smoking and,if you careď tos wakuarong the street myou:would moticea smeln of disinfectant comming from.the smitHs lobby,further on,thre waIkers wouIdBe hawing kippers for tea,am errand boy wouId be deTivering groceries to missesLittTe,someome had pea soup waitng,ch±Tdrem playing round a lamp post,the gaslight giwing them:a weird compTectiom „a dotrying to joim im the fum barking andjumping up and dowm.On my way aTong tire street,J是aware of a feelimg ofqad belonging,my loceI knowTedge being actiwa ted.I raised my:Hat to &passing Tady,nodded to an aquaintance amd crossed tire street'wHich wa no bother in those days,notor wehicles were stil卫a moweIty and wery noisy so tHtere was no probIem.A Hai1 froma doorway futther along the street attracted my attemtiom"Weers ta bimy a thew世thadme wer gereer,,ar ta reet aw bim amgim Qm furelbaat tem minuts. We spoke:that wayto eacit oter whem we were togetHexJot we²re nozt Tate,I said,(ome of my:mates,Jasm.)are we picking Bab up.He asked as He stepped in besite me,we can can and ask Himiff he^s cromming al'though;He doesnt Tike Iantern Teatures,9 said,anyway:we³1T catchnim a tram.We proceeded to的Bs abode amd?found.searaHinge for a colTar stud,Why dunt.takeep emim&jfar,JosH.asked Htim,cos mi brotlhers pinclHted f女furt.rag felTa,t ger&loor said Bat,anu on thro,,lpincrh orre off mii dad,Bob ewemtualy sorted himself outand off we went to catch a tram.WHem we arriwed at our destination,(thre fare being

FAQs

What time period and place does Nostalgia focus on?

It is based on life in the north of England from the 1920s to 1936, emphasizing the way of life during those years.

What kinds of everyday details are highlighted in the story?

The text lists ordinary objects and routines such as cold-water taps, tin baths, coal-fired heating, gas lamps, street vendors, and neighbourhood interactions.

Who is the main character and what is his background?

One main character is Peter Nelson, a bricklayer by trade, closely tied to his mates, with his family surviving strikes and poverty before rising toward a more comfortable status.

Aug 20, 2026

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