Learning from lived experiences of poverty | Letters
Carol Taylor and Howard Williamson respond to Katriona O’Sullivan’s article on the grinding reality of living in poverty Reading Katriona O’Sullivan’s article (Can anyone be too poor to buy a toothbrush? Yes – I know, because that was me, 19 August) reminded me of when I was a community worker at the Park Hill estate in Sheffield in the 1970s. When I (young and naive) asked the mums why they bought chips for their to
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- 25 Aug 2026, 16:44 UTC
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- Poverty
Carol Taylor and Howard Williamson respond to Katriona O’Sullivan’s article on the grinding reality of living in poverty Reading Katriona O’Sullivan’s article (Can anyone be too poor to buy a toothbrush? Yes – I know, because that was me, 19 August) reminded me of when I was a community worker at the Park Hill estate in Sheffield in the 1970s. When I (young and naive) asked the mums why they bought chips for their to
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Learning from lived experiences of poverty | Letters
Carol Taylor and Howard Williamson respond to Katriona O’Sullivan’s article on the grinding reality of living in poverty Reading Katriona O’Sullivan’s article (Can anyone be too poor to buy a toothbrush? Yes – I know, because that was me, 19 August) reminded me of when I was a community worker at the Park Hill estate in Sheffield in the 1970s. When I (young and naive) asked the mums why they bought chips for their to
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