Thursday Talk – Citizens Advice Bureau Cases in Tyneside in the 1950s: Divorce, Domestics and Rehousing.

This talk by Margaret Bozic explores what life was really like in the North East after the Second World War.   What did we eat, what was the state of the housing, what was the situation of both men and women in the family and society, why were there so many divorces after the War and why did Bingo ruin everything?

She has based her talk on case records from the Citizens Advice Bureau at that time and from what was then The Council of Social Services in Newcastle, now Connected Voice.   She also outlines the work done by the CAB and the Council.