Greasy Poles & Glass Ceilings

By Brian Boughton

Until 1944, higher education was fee paying and beyond the pockets of working class people. As a result, their children left school at 14 years of age, to find a job for the rest of their lives. And even the brightest could not find a place on the ladder to success.

But the Butler Act provided free higher education for boys and girls from all backgrounds. And in bankrupt, post-war Britain, it was a landmark achievement that transformed the class system.

In Greasy Poles and Glass Ceilings, the author describes being born into a family of farm labourers who could not read and write. But how the Butler Education Act helped him to grammar school and university, and into the professional middle classes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0954001974
• ISBN13: 9780954001971
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Brian Boughton
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"