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In the Brand New Year of 1936, Gwen Purdy, aged 21, leaves her house to be always a schoolteacher in an undesirable section of Manchester. Her parents are terrified, but she's the assistance of her fiance, a recently ordained clergyman. Her early months in Birmingham are a watch-opener: in the college she encounters a-class of 52 children, a number of whose houses are among Birminghamis really poorest. One of many academics, seniors Miss Drysdale, demonstrates an inspiration, and Gwen starts to comprehend the terrible problems suffered by the children as she's pulled to their lives.