Mass Observation

I have started reading Mass Observation - The Pub and the People (A Worktown Study) Faber and Faber. This book offers a detailed insight into the everyday life of the going on's in public houses. Conducted in 1943 the public house is seen as a "the only kind of public building used by large numbers of ordinary people". During this period, the majority of people that visited pubs were that from the working class, going to the pub to socialise, talk, drink, smoke, bet and play games etc.

The Mass Observation of the pub is particularly interesting because it highlights the differences between the customers, what times are the most popular to drink and their reasoning for visiting the pub.

In Chapter V - "Drinkers", surveys were conducted to see what the average number of pub goers were during particular times. Through various methods, the mass observation of "Worktown" provided a variation of the number of drinkers on a day to day basis.

I am going to continue to read through the book to see if I can find anything else that may help us with our project!