Crime, like boxing, is one of the ways working-class boys get their feet under tables otherwise forbidden to them.
He left school at the age of 14, as was customary for working-class boys at the time.
This change puts at greater risk those working-class boys and girls who fail to acquire any such paper qualifications.
That's what comes of sending good working-class boys to rich people's colleges.
The working-class boy made good with a bloody great chip on his shoulder.
A working-class boy falls in love with a working-class girl.
That's how he talks, like a happy working-class American boy from the 30's.
Just fancy a working-class boy of eighteen allowing himself to be caned!
But they are certainly read by working-class boys as well.
Would such a path be readily open to a working-class boy today?