Task 3 – Angela´s Ashes – Activity 2
Activity 2
Angela’s Ashes
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Families up and down the lane are getting telegrams money orders from their fathers in England. They rush to the post office to cash the money orders so they can shop and show the world their good fortune on Saturday night and Sunday morning. The boys get their hair cut on Saturdays, the women curl their hair with iron tongs [ks1] hot from the fire. They’re very grand now the way they pay sixpence or even a shilling for seats at the Savoy Cinema where you’ll meet a better class of people than the lower classes who fill the tuppenny[ks2] seats in the gods at the Lyric Cinema…
By Frank McCourt
[ks1]Iron thongs – Jern tang – is a scissor like hinge women used to warm up to curl their hair [ks2]Tuppenny is a variant of twopenny. It can also mean cheap or worthless.
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