More writings on the struggles with depression.

Birmingham was home to George Cadbury and his 'model village' at Bourneville. Joseph Rowntree did something similar at York, but Gloucestershire's closest equivalent was Smiths Aerospace, and the nearby 'Model Village' of Bishops Cleeve. What was it like to work in such a cosy paternalistic environment? What was it like when those days came to an end? What was it like to live on the Smiths estate? In particular, behind that rather unassuming front door in Minetts Avenue, where life pitched from one crisis to another? Dave Roberts thought his problems were over when he was offered an...