Onion Johnnies : Recollections of Seasonal French Onion Sellers in Scotland
Reissue
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
183983031X
ISBN-13
9781839830310
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Birlinn General
Imprint
Birlinn Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 15th, 2023
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
186 grams
Dimensions
12.90 x 19.70 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyLocal history
Ksh 1,800.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
Delivery in 14 days
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 14 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
For almost 150 years until the late 20th century French Onion Johnnies - or Ingan Johnnies, as they were known north of the Border - were a familiar group of seasonal immigrant workers in cities and towns throughout Scotland and indeed Britain. This book provides a record of their lives and work.
For almost 150 years until the late twentieth century, French Onion Johnnies (or ‘Ingan Johnnies’, as they were usually known in Scotland) were a familiar group of seasonal workers in towns and cities throughout Britain.In this book, nine Onion Johnnies (including one ‘Jenny’) who worked in Scotland at one time or another between the 1920s and the 1970s recount their lives. The recollections, recorded in interviews in Brittany and at Leith in 1999 by the Scottish Working People’s History Trust, provide a fascinating insight into the lives and experience of those whose livelihood and way of life have vanished forever. It paints a poignant picture of the past and a way of life about nothing in any detail has ever been published before.
Get Onion Johnnies by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Birlinn General and it has pages.
