{"title":"Books by Chris Wild","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781789463903","title":"The State of It","description":"'The authentic inside track... Gripping' Lemn Sissay'An important and hugely powerful book... So inspiring, I loved The State of It' Neil Morrissey'Incredibly compelling' Denise WelchCAN WE FIX HOW WE LOOK AFTER CHILDREN IN CARE?Government cuts, unregulated care homes, inadequate staff training - campaigner and care home consultant Chris Wild has seen it all. The low standards and frequent abuse of children in care has long been a focal point of his loud message: we are failing our young people and something needs to change.   Chris delves deep into the lives of care home kids, from experiences with county lines, drugs, trafficking, knife crime, gang violence to child exploitation and sexual abuse. He tells the stories of the voiceless, the children who have been left behind, compounded by his own experiences of growing up in care.   How is the care system failing our young people and controlling just who and what they can become? What help do we really give children after their time in care is over, left to fend for themselves? Is it too late to fix the state of it?URGENT AND CRITICAL, THE STATE OF IT WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK YOU READ THIS YEAR.   In support of Become, the charity for children in care and young care leavers, a charity registered in England and Wales, charity number 1010518.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306938446197,"sku":"9781789463903","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781789463903_541387b2-669e-4ad5-a625-520af577f25b.jpg?v=1786026715"},{"product_id":"9781911600640","title":"Damaged","description":"'We were just sacks of flesh existing as punchbags for their rage, or toys for their entertainment'Chris Wild lost his dad aged 11, leaving him to grow up in the care system. There, he witnessed the incessant physical and sexual abuse of children, with the only escape leading to the streets. So many others like him, failed by the systems put in place to protect them, ended up with nothing but drink, drugs, prostitution and crime as their normality.   Later, working in a care home himself became the only way Chris could help, but he was shocked to discover little had changed and vulnerable children were still being failed. In Damaged, he shares heartbreaking memories of the care system along with the stories of all the boys, girls, men and women he met along the way - exposing why we must take action now to protect all of Britain's forgotten children.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313142935925,"sku":"9781911600640","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911600640_1166f23c-a851-4240-8af4-2fe3b356600b.jpg?v=1786029364"},{"product_id":"piccadilly-place-uncovering-manchesters-industrial-origins","title":"Piccadilly Place: Uncovering Manchester's Industrial Origins","description":"Piccadilly Place (centred on NGR SJ 8461 9590) lies immediately to the north-west of Piccadilly Railway Station, close to the heart of the modern city. In many ways, it is typical of other areas found within the centre of Manchester. Prior to the Industrial Revolution it lay on the outskirts of the town, only to be subsumed during rapid urban expansion in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. However, in other ways the history of Piccadilly Place is unique, particularly as the site was to play a significant part in the emergence of the industrial city. This booklet charts that development, and also summarises the history of the city and the textile industry, which was to have a fundamental infl uence on the development of both Piccadilly Place, and other parts of Manchester.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490207474037,"sku":"9781907686009","price":9.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781907686009.jpg?v=1786442092"},{"product_id":"hell-upon-earth-the-archaeology-of-angel-meadow","title":"\"Hell Upon Earth\": The Archaeology of Angel Meadow","description":"Manchester's phenomenal rise as the world's leading manufacturing centre brought a new industrial townscape that was dominated by steam-powered cotton mills, associated factories, warehouses, and swathes of low-cost housing built for the workers that flocked to the burgeoning town. The rejuvenation of 20 acres of land on the western edge of the city centre as part of the NOMA regeneration project has enabled the evolution of this pioneering industrial townscape to be investigated archaeologically. In particular, excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology North on behalf of The Co-Operative Group have provided a fascinating insight into the development of workers' housing that once formed part of Angel Meadow, together with the remarkable remains of Manchester's earliest steam-powered cotton mill.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490215829877,"sku":"9781907686221","price":9.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781907686221.jpg?v=1786442100"},{"product_id":"textile-mills-of-lancashire-the-legacy","title":"The Textile Mills of Lancashire: The Legacy","description":"Lancashire’s historic textile industry holds a particular place in Britain’s history. Its success was a direct result of the Industrial Revolution, which resulted in the region blossoming into a leading economic force between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries. This was, important, essential to Britain’s place and dominance as the world’s first industrial nation. During this period, Lancashire’s textile industry was at the forefront of innovation, adopting both steal power and the factory-based system of production, which in turn greatly shaped the historic character of the region, and left an enduring legacy. Whilst this legacy is still deeply ingrained in Lancashire’s consciousness, its most graphic reflection lies in the textile mills, which were established across the historic county, man of which were directly responsible for the formation of the distinctive urban landscapes associated with the region’s mill towns. However, since the demise of the textile industry in the second half of the twentieth century, the loss of historic mills, through demolition, decay and fire, has been a cause of increasing concern amongst those who recognise their heritage value, and their importance in providing and enduring sense of place for the residents of the mill towns. This threat has been felt perhaps most keenly in Lancashire, a county in which history and identity were bound closely to the development of the industry, and this danger has prompted a recognition of the need for urgent action. This publication represents the culmination of a decade of research on the textile mills of Lancashire by Oxford Archaeology North, born out of two phases of survey funded by Historic England designed to assess the survival of, and threats to, modern Lancashire’s historic textile mills. It highlights the historic growth of the region’s textile industry, and also the architectural form and evolution of Lancashire’s textile mills and ancillary industries, such as bleaching, dyeing, and printing. Importantly, it also aims to show that such buildings can be readily adapted to modern use as viable spaces, which, significantly, allows each settlement actively to retain its ‘sense of place’.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490217468277,"sku":"9781907686245","price":9.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-chris-wild.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}