January
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Finished Keep
the Aspidistra Flying
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Gollancz commissioned book on working class
conditions
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Gave up job at Booklovers' Corner and
flat at Lawford Road
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31 January
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By train to Coventry
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1 February
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On foot and by bus to Birmingham and Stourbridge
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2 February
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On foot and by bus to Wolverhampton, Penkridge
and Stafford
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3 February
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By bus and on foot to Hanley and Burslem
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4 February
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On foot and by bus to Macclesfield and Manchester
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5 February
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In common lodging house
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6-10 February
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At 49 Brynton Road, Manchester
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10-15 february
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At 72 Warrington Lane, Wigan
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16 February - 1 March
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At Darlington Road, Wigan, over tripe shop
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17 February
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Gollancz asked for more changes to Keep the Aspidistra Flying
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24 February
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Went down Crippen's coal mine
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25-26 February
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In Liverpool
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2-4 March
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At Wallace Road, Sheffield
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5-13 March
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At 21 Estcourt Avenue, Leeds
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6 March
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Visited Haworth
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9 March
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Visited Middlesmoor
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13-26 March
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At Agnes Terrace, Barnsley
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19 March
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Went down Wentworth coal mine
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21 March
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Went down Grimethorpe coal mine
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26 March
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Returned to Leeds
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29 March
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Returned to London
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2 April
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Moved into The Stores, Wallington, Hertfordshire
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20 April
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Keep the Aspidistra
Flying published
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early May
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Began writing The Road to Wigan Pier
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Began reviewing for Time and Tide
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9 June
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Married Eileen O'Shaughnessy at Wallington
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12 June
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Submitted 'Shooting
an Elephant' to John Lehmann
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18 July
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Outbreak of Spanish Civil War
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17 August
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A Clergyman's
Daughter published in New York
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Autumn
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Shooting an Elephant
published in New Writing
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15 December
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Sent ms of The Road to Wigan Pier to Moore
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Went to Spain
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30 December
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Enlisted in POUM in Barcelona
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