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  Love on the Dole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Love on the Dole is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working class poverty in 1930s Northern England.
Sally Hardcastle, the daughter, falls in love with a doomed Marxist agitator, and suffers the unwelcome attention of a local gangster.
Love on the Dole drew the British public's attention to a social problem in the UK in a similar way that Look Back in Anger, Cathy Come Home or Boys from the Blackstuff would do for future generations (although its style is closer to Hobson's Choice).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Love_on_the_Dole   (576 words)

  
 Walter Greenwood and 'Love on the Dole'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He also inherited their determination to escape from the "jungles of tiny houses cramped and huddled together" in which "men and women are born, live, love and die and pay preposterous rents for the privilege of calling the grimy houses 'home'".
The actual writing of LOVE ON THE DOLE was preceded by ten years of preparation spent in the slums of Salford and on the fringes of the working class movements of the twenties and early thirties.
LOVE ON THE DOLE did not make an immediate impact when it was published, but when it was dramatised by Ronald Gow and shown at The Garrick Theatre, Altrincham, it became a best seller.
www.wcml.org.uk /people/greenwood.htm   (2426 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Dole registers in N.C. amid Senate talk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Dole, 65, a former labor secretary and head of the Red Cross, had notified elections officials in Russell County, Kan., on Thursday that she was terminating her voter registration there.
"I love Salisbury." Dole said it was an honor to be mentioned as a potential candidate and that she is giving "serious consideration" to running for the seat.
Dole's note announcing her intentions to change registrations was dated Aug. 22, the same day Helms publicly announced that he would not seek a sixth term.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/august01/2001-08-24-dole-nc-move.htm   (469 words)

  
 Is Elizabeth Dole really running for president? - Salon
T here is a strange irony in the fact that Bob Dole has the "courage," as he puts it, to go on television and talk about his erectile dysfunction, but his wife, Elizabeth, can't bring herself to tell the nation that she is running for president.
Clad in a peach suit and pearls, Dole went Oprah on the Rotary Club Wednesday, weaving through banquet tables, reminiscing about the time she donned leather and chains and rode a Harley on "The Tonight Show," all in the name of love and putting Bob Dole in the White House.
The speech was peppered with examples of an annoying Dole rhetorical tic, injecting questions into declarative statements, which makes her sound schoolmarmish and patronizing.
dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/1999/06/18/dole/index.html   (441 words)

  
 Dole keeps distance from Texas
Railroad Commissioner Barry Williamson, who is heading up the Dole effort in Texas, said state officials had not requested visits by the candidate or a statewide advertising effort.
Dole campaign officials said they are not ignoring the state, but feel that resources and the time of the candidate can be better spent in battlegrounds such as Ohio and Pennsylvania where they have significant deficits to overcome.
Privately, one Dole campaign aide said that a Texas visit by the GOP contender would not be beneficial because it would likely generate stories questioning why the candidate had to visit a state he should easily win.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/96/10/05/dole.html   (854 words)

  
 Bob Dole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Dole's willingness to stand up to the teacher's unions was also principled and correct.
Bob Dole relishes being at the center- he is, in his own words, the nation's greatest optimist.
However, if Bob Dole's view is that the government in Washington should permanently relinquish power to the states and localities to administer and fund a broad array of federal programs- then we are in agreement.
earthrenewal.org /bobdoles.htm   (1272 words)

  
 Love on the Dole (1941)
Set in an industrial Lancashire town, depressing and realistic, the film is an early forerunner of the kitchen sink dramas that followed 20 years later.
Set in pre-World War II Salford, Sally (Deborah Kerr), a mill girl during the Depression, is in love with Larry (Clifford Evans), a militant factory worker who loses his job and refuses to marry Sally on dole money.
Leading a demonstration against pay, conditions and unemployment, Larry is wounded in a scuffle with police and later dies.
www.britmovie.co.uk /genres/drama/filmography01/012.html   (147 words)

  
 Class   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Love On The Dole by Ronald Gow and Walter Greenwood.
Love on the Dole was one of these.
Love on the Dole may be belittled because it was written as a novel rather than as a play, but on the evidence of this reading it is one of the most important pieces of drama of the century.
www.worldsocialism.org /spgb/nov99/theatnov.html   (625 words)

  
 Slant Point: Dole-Kerry Phone Call, and the Political Prize Fight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
After he shocked the political world by calling Kerry's Purple Heart stories "superficial wounds," Dole received a call from Kerry, who was upset his fellow Vet was bad-mouthing him.
Dole told Kerry, "I'm not trying to stir anything up, but I don't believe every one of these people who have talked about what happened are Republican liars.
Dole said he tried to end the tense conversation cordially by telling Kerry, "I wish you good luck, up to a point."
www.slantpoint.com /mt-arx/001783.html   (610 words)

  
 Love On The Dole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
She is in love with Larry an excellent young man and they get engaged.
Greenwood did a succession of poorly paid jobs as a pawnbroker's assistant, clerk, stable lad, maker of packing-cases and he was sometimes unemployed, but continued to educate himself by visiting the Salford Public Library.
Ronald is perhaps best known for dramatising Walter Greenwood’s novel ‘Love on the Dole’ about the depression years in Salford and which eventually went on the stage in London and New York with Wendy Hiller taking the lead.
home.freeuk.net /bartontheatre/dole.htm   (717 words)

  
 One Soldier's Story: A Memoir by Bob Dole
With candor, compassion, and the wit he is known for, Dole recounts his own journey of courage and sacrifice, and also honors the fighting spirit of the countless heroes with whom he served.
A true story of a devastating loss, a mother's love, and the search for justice in the face of heartbreak On September 7, 2005, at 3:30 in the morning, the phone rang at the home of Janet Pelasara, in Vienna, Virginia.
The loving yet brutally honest memoir of the daughter of comedy legend Richard Pryor Rain Pryor was born in the idealistic, free-love 1960s.
www.harpercollins.com /book/index.aspx?isbn=9780060763428   (490 words)

  
 News & Press Detail (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The decision to stage Love on the Dole as a community play is the latest stage in The Lowry forging a strong, lasting relationship with Salford.
Love on the Dole involved over 100 local people from a range of backgrounds, who all helped to bring this classic Salford story to life.
Robert Robson, The Lowry’s Artistic Director comments “Love on the Dole was a wonderful project for everyone involved in the development process as well as for the audiences seeing the final production.
www.thelowry.com.cob-web.org:8888 /News/article.aspx?Id=241   (325 words)

  
 Love On The Dole (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Love on the Dole was a Salford community theatre project that lasted for a total of nine months.
Groups were involved in workshops for creating music, set and costume design, dance and acting and after six months, the new skills acquired by the local participants were brought together to create a spectacular, large-scale performance of Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole.
Over 120 people took part in the show, which had a ten-day run at The Lowry and played to sell-out audiences every night as well as one matinee performance.
www.thelowry.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Activities/past_projects/dole.html   (340 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Divine Love and Wisdom: Books: Emanuel Swedenborg,George F. Dole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Divine Love and Wisdom presents a vision of a universe so full of Divinity that there is no room for sectarianism.
From God’s infinite love and wisdom to our own individual desires and perceptions, there is an underlying unity on which we can rely.
In Divine Providence, the sequel to Divine Love and Wisdom, the focus is directed toward earth, at a world so troubled that the loving hand of God is often hidden from our sight and brought into question.
www.amazon.com /Divine-Love-Wisdom-Emanuel-Swedenborg/dp/0877851298   (1027 words)

  
 Love on the Dole (Main Titles)/Sally Awakes {Love on the Dole} by Richard Addinsell: Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Love on the Dole (Main Titles)/Sally Awakes {Love on the Dole} by Richard Addinsell: Reviews
Richard Addinsell : Albums : The Film Music of Richard Addinsell : Love on the Dole (Main Titles)/Sally Awakes {Love on the Dole} : Reviews
Love on the Dole (Main Titles)/Sally Awakes {Love on the Dole}
www.mp3.com /tracks/4593625/reviews.html   (179 words)

  
 Deborah Kerr Biography
Her next film would be Love On The Dole, a popular play that dealt with a Depression era family in Britain.
With Clifford Evans and Mary Merral in Love On The Dole
Kerr was top billed in Love On The Dole and she received tremendous reviews when the film opened in April of 1941.
home.hiwaay.net /~oliver/kerrbiography2.html   (447 words)

  
 Mail
In his review (Socialist Standard, November) of Love on the Dole, Michael Gill alleges that the British Board of Film Censors would not allow the play to be filmed.
In fact the film of Love on the Dole was made in 1941.
Ironically, the production company's stated aim was "to show the public the true state of affairs which arose after the last war in the industrial areas and which must not be allowed to flourish when the immediate conflict is over".
www.worldsocialism.org /spgb/feb00/letsfeb.html   (848 words)

  
 C-J Online Government: Who loves Bob Dole? The state of ... Utah? 1/17/98
Utah voters could make the claim to represent the state that loves Dole best.
In the 1996 presidential election, GOP standard-bearer Dole carried Utah by a greater margin of the popular vote than in Kansas -- earning honors as Dole's top vote-getting state in the nation.
Stokes said he has invited Dole to speak at next May's statewide Republican party gathering in Salt Lake City.
www.cjonline.com /stories/011898/gov_dole.html   (230 words)

  
 IMDb Title Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Epic Tale of Kalesius and Clotho: A Meditation on the Impossibility of Romantic Love in a Rapidly Expanding Universe (2003)
Your original search was changed to "Love On The Dole" because this is more likely to give better matches.
There may be additional title matches amongst all the alternative titles we have for various regions and languages.
www.imdb.com /Title?Love+On+The+Dole+(1941)   (285 words)

  
 FileRoom.org - John Baxter, Love on the Dole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
FileRoom.org - John Baxter, Love on the Dole
Description of Artwork: The film "Love on the Dole" was adapted from a best-selling novel by Walter Greenwood.
Results of Incident: The BBFC released the ban on the film version of "Love on the Dole" in 1941, suggesting that times had changed and that unemployment was no longer a controversial issue.
www.thefileroom.org /html/815.html   (112 words)

  
 MySpace.com
We are the sexy fans of "trad gone mad" group The Dole.
Boys who love the Dole and Dole Girls are welcome to join.
We love to follow the antics of Aiden, Ewan, Triona, and CharlEE Thorn (and Jak the Drummer) and dress up in fishnets, eyeliner, strategically placed safety pins, and garter belts!
groups.myspace.com /dolegirls   (174 words)

  
 BartCop #13 - Bob Dole, you gotta love him.
Dole made the announcement on the Capitol steps.
We have to pity Bob Dole and the Republicans.
Bob Dole says Clinton is soft on crime.
www.bartcop.com /0013.htm   (835 words)

  
 Love on the Dole
An impoverished family tries to make ends meet in this British drama, as one member of the family fights for the Labour Party for social justice and another is forced to become the mistress of a gangster for lack of rent money.
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Love on the Dole to receive a rating.
Certain Love on the Dole article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/love_on_the_dole/?critic=tomatometer_rotten   (343 words)

  
 Love on the Dole @ The Lowry
Love on the Dole is on until Sept 18
THIS is Salford's answer to Les Miserables, as the spirit of the depressed 1930s is recaptured in this musical adaptation of Walter Greenwood's classic - and the stars are 100 local people drawn from all walks of life.
Love on the Dole is at The Lowry until Saturday, September 18.
www.manchesteronline.co.uk /entertainment/theatreanddance/reviews/s/130/130356_love_on_the_dole__the_lowry_.html   (413 words)

  
 Disneyland's Dole Pineapple Whip Version #2 Recipe | Recipezaar
I love the sweet, refreshing Dole pineapple smoothies that are sold at Disneyland.
This is my easy version of the Pineapple Dole Whip at a fraction of the cost.
NOTE: Here are the ingredients for the {real} Dole Pineapple Whip-if you're interested: Water, High Fructose Corn Sugar, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Maltodextrin, Stabilizers (Cellulose, Locust Bean, Guar, Xanthan, Karaya Gum, Pectin), Citric Acid, Sodium Caseinate (A Milk Derivative), Mono and Diglycerides, Sodium Citrate, Salt, Dipotassium Phosphate.
www.recipezaar.com /185279   (346 words)

  
 Ideas & Hints from the Sneaky Kitchen (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
If, however, you are taking a chance and using them for meringue to top a pie, which will brown briefly in an oven, don't do this, as bacteria can multiply as they warm.
Dole packaged salad greens, and mentioned I'd sent an email and hadn't gotten a reply.
I love Dole mixed greens salads, but was experiencing a significant loss and losing time sorting them over, until I hit upon a solution for a better and safer salad!
sneakykitchen.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ideas.htm   (1402 words)

  
 Dana’s Digest » 2006 » April (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
God has loved us since the beginning of time.  He loved us before we were born and He loves us right now.  His love will last throughout eternity.  His love remains steadfast & true….it has never wavered.
It is almost impossible to understand such steadfastness.  His love is too great and mighty for us to grasp but we can rest in the assurance of it.
I truly love my children but God loves them even more.  He gave us His only son to die on the cross so that we could live.   That is true love…..a steadfast love that will last throughout eternity.
head4thehills.org.cob-web.org:8888 /blog/?m=200604   (1825 words)

  
 JasonOnline [Love on the Dole / Ordinary Man by Day One (lyrics)]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He was in section A to G, She was under H to T. Their eyes met across the queue,
From love on the dole, love on the dole,
It's love on the dole, love on the dole,
www.jasononline.com /music/day_one/lyloveonthedole.htm   (177 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/onthedole
Bob still refers to himself as "the Dole" when chatting up the ladies.
The Dole is my musical dream come true!
okay, so listening to the clash and looking at a picture of the dole just doesn't do it.
www.myspace.com /onthedole   (599 words)

  
 Boston.com / Latest News / Washington
N.C.-native Elizabeth Dole registers to vote in mother's home town after Helms announcement
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Former Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole registered to vote in her old hometown Friday, inching her closer to a possible run at the U.S. Senate seat held by Jesse Helms.
Dole said it was an honor to be mentioned as a potential candidate and that she is giving "serious consideration" to running for the seat.
www.boston.com /news/daily/24/elizabeth_dole.htm   (465 words)

  
 Playbill News: Dame Wendy Hiller, a Favorite of Shaw's Who Played London, Bway and Films, Dead at 90
She won the Academy Award in 1958 for playing Miss Cooper in "Separate Tables." In 1957, she was Tony Award-nominated on Broadway for her work as blowsy Josie Hogan in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Her London debut was as Sally Hardcastle in Love on the Dole, in 1935, and she played the part on Broadway in 1936.
According to The Times of London, Love on the Dole was seen by Shaw who was so impressed he asked Hiller to play Saint Joan and Eliza Doolittle at the Malvern Festival in 1936.
www.playbill.com /news/article/79612.html   (689 words)

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