Concerning "Class"

"Class" was the theme of the June 1939 questionnaire sent out to the volunteer panel.

The questions are below, plus some of the replies that were sent in to Mass Observation in 1939. Have a look at the contemporary MOCO replies here.

Question 1. Give your reasons and analyse your motives for living in the district where you do live.

Question 2. In what ways do you consider yourself different from your neighbours?

Question 3. When you go into pubs, which bar do you use and why?

Question 4. What priced seats do you use at the cinema and why?

Question 5. What forms of food, drink or amusement are thought “infra dig”* or not quite the things in your circles?

Question 6. Are you sensitive on the subject of accent and have you made any attempt to change your own?

Question 7. Do you make a habit of using the following words and phrases? If not, what is your reaction when they are used by others?

Cheerioh, Bye-bye, Tooleoo, Okay, Okidoke, Not half, Ta (for thank you), Old Boy, chum, pal, mate.

* Infra dig means something that is unbecoming of one's position or beneath one's dignity.