Our Day Out.

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                                          Our Day Out

                                           By willy Russel

    Willy Russel is the writer of ”Our Day Out” and was born on the twenty third of August , nineteen thirty seven . Russel attended woolfall secondary school , which he later described as a “badly run school “ . Russel left Woolfall at the tender age of fifteen , with no formal qualifications .

      Life in Liverpool in the 70’s was  surreal because of the lack of unemployment , and the high level of crime . Poverty Struck the heart of Liverpool . One of the Girls that “Mrs Kay” taught , carol , only had one item of clothing for the week , this is why I called 70’s Liverpool surreal . Another reason for the kids bad behaviour was because most of the kids parents had divorced , and this lead to bad behaviour out side the home .

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       Willy Russel found his path to become a teacher , when he went to do an A-Level course at ST Katherine’s collage . Since those days in the drugged up 70’s collage , Russel  has produced Music and poetry and even a novel , but when this failed , he discovered playwriting .

         I find the main deference’s between the characters of Mrs Kay and Mr Briggs are there feelings towards the children that they teach . Mrs Kay has a comfortable relationship with the children . This is evident in the way ...

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