There is a neat ownership inscription, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy.. 201 pages, illustrated. "This is a look at Melbourne's industrial suburb in the 1930s. The title of the book is redolent of the atmosphere that runs through its pages in which a community dependent upon the boot and shoe industry laboured to make ends meet. The pathos and heroism of ordinary men and women, mostly unemployed, is recreated in a tapestry of recollections and anecdotes, fascinating in their detail. History of the Methodist Mission in Collingwood during the Great Depression.' (Trove)