Brick Bonds: A Life in Britain's Building Trade, 1902-1987Despite recent academic interest in oral history and working class writing, few other autobiographies reveal daily life for early twentieth century itinerant gasworks bricklayers, or retort setters. Charles Hansford recounts constructing his own home single handedly aged twenty one, describes economic privations and poor weather conditions. 'Brick Bonds' documents his relationships with fellow workers and specific building techniques they used (a bond