{"product_id":"9780957670419","title":"When I Was a Child: Growing Up in the Potteries in the 1840s","description":"Charles Shaw was born in Tunstall, Staffordshire in 1832. \u003cp\u003eWhen I Was A Child is an autobiographical account of his early life working in the pottery industry-first, at the age of seven, as a mould-runner, and later as a handle maker. He describes many incidents in his life, including a brief spell in the workhouse, a rare outing to Trentham, the Pottery Riots of 1842, and how he eventually became a local preacher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a moving, first-hand record of social conditions and child labour in the pottery industry, and provides a fascinating insight into the social history of The Potteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaw's work originally appeared in 1893 as a series of anonymous articles in the Staffordshire Sentinel and, in 1903, it was published as a book under the title An Old Potter. 110 years later, this re-issued edition brings his recollections to a new, twenty-first century audience, revealing what life was really like for the working classes in the 1840s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guidemark Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49820637724912,"sku":"9780957670419","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780957670419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}